Isleta Pueblo 12-Piece Pottery Nacimiento [SOLD]

This nacimiento consists of twelve individual pieces.  There is the three-piece Holy Family—Jesús, Mary and Joseph.  Baby Jesús is wrapped in a blanket and resting on a log.  Mary is resting on a log and wears a finely decorated blanket, a turquoise necklace, traditional pueblo moccasins, and has her hair tied in a chonga in the back.  Joseph is standing, wrapped in a blanket which is secured by his hands, and he wears traditional moccasins.

The Three Kings are dressed in traditional pueblo clothing.  One is wrapped in a blanket, has a feather in his hair, and carries a pair of moccasins as a gift for the baby.  Another King has a blanket draped over his shoulder which is meant as a gift for the baby.  The third King is holding four ears of corn as the most important gift for the baby.

The animals include a donkey with his eyes wide open, a cow with his eyes closed tightly, a mountain sheep with beautiful curved horns, a sheep lying down, an ewe with its head slightly turned, and, unique to nacimientos by Stella Teller, a full-grown pig.  No other potter includes a pig in her sets.

Condition: the set is new, having just been made by the potter

Provenance: this Isleta Pueblo 12-Piece Pottery Nacimiento  is directly from the artist, Stella Teller of Isleta Pueblo

Recommended Reading:  Nacimientos - Nativity Scenes by Southwest Indian Artisans by Guy and Doris Monthan