Female Storyteller with Shawl and 4 Kids [SOLD]

Seferina Ortiz made this storyteller figurine in 1972, just 8 years after the very first storyteller was made by Helen Cordero.  It was not until around 1970 that potters other than Cordero began making them, so Seferina goes down and one of the very first to make the figurines in the likeness of a storyteller.  She had made figurines before then, mostly animals, but she adapted well to the new creation of Helen Cordero. 

A collection of 32 items of pottery by Seferina is in the Peabody Museum of Harvard University.  She is considered one of the matriarchs of the potter population of Cochiti Pueblo.  Not only did she leave a legacy of her pottery, she left a legacy in her children—Joyce, Janice, Inez, Virgil, Leon and Angie, some of whom are considered top potters today.

Condition: minor professional repairs to adult leg.