Cochiti Pueblo Small Storage Jar with Lizards [SOLD]

Teresita Romero was best known for making large jars and storyteller-like figurines. She was active only from around 1910s to 1960s, so her pottery is rather difficult to find. I do not believe there are many examples of her pottery on the market as we have not had but two others of hers in the history of the gallery. 

Her grandsons, Mateo Romero and Diego Romero, have continued in the tradition of the Cochiti Pueblo artisans, but in a more contemporary and expressive manner than the family tradition.

Examples of Teresita’s pottery are included in the Alexander Girard Collection of Folk Art at The Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. She was also exhibited in the “One Space, Three Visions” exhibit that opened at the Albuquerque Museum in 1979. A seated female holding a plate of oven bread is in the collection of The Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe.

Condition:  very good condition

Recommended Reading:  Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf

Provenance:  from the estate of the former Chief Sunny Skies Trading Post, located on the main street in Carlsbad, New Mexico, for over 40 years and which was closed in 1977.  Chief Sunny Sky, whose other name was Clyde Hunt, was from Acoma Pueblo.  He was the son of Chief Big Snake (Edward Hunt) also of Acoma Pueblo.  This collection has remained in the family since the trading post was closed in 1977.