Seated Female Storyteller with Hopi Hair Style and Four Kids [SOLD]

Inez, as she now signs her pottery, is a daughter of Seferina Ortiz, sister of Virgil Ortiz and mother of Lisa Holt.  She has remained with traditional designs and shapes, much like her mother, and unlike that of Virgil and Lisa.

This miniature Seated Female Storyteller with Hopi Hair Style and Four Kids is wearing the hair style of a Hopi maiden, called a whorl hair style.  She is dressed in the traditional pueblo dress which is cinched with a woven belt.  She is holding three children in her arms and a fourth one sits on her lap.  Three of the kids have their hands over their eyes and the fourth has his ears covered.  It must be a scary story she is telling!

Recommended Reading:  The Pueblo Storyteller: Development of a Figurative Ceramic Tradition by Barbara Babcock

Condition:  original condition