Cochiti Pueblo Line of Pottery Pueblo Dancers [SOLD]

This charming set of Cochiti Pueblo dancers appears to represent a fall harvest dance, perhaps a corn dance. There are 12 figures, both male and female. The females wear tabletas, some of the figures carry drumsticks and one figure is the flag bearer.

The facial features look familiar but I have not been able to determine who the potter was, but I tend to think maybe Frances Suina.  I believe they date to the 1960s.  The figures are graduated in height and can be arranged in a straight line in descending heights just as witnessed at a dance where the younger ones are at the end of the line.

This is an absolutely charming set and like nothing I have seen in the past.

Condition:  there are some minor cracks and chips but nothing to detract from the appearance.

Provenance: from the collection of Katherine H. Rust

Recommended Reading: A River Apart: the Pottery of Cochiti & Santo Domingo Pueblos