Seated Male Figurine with Moose Headdress and 1 Kid [SOLD]

Louis (1932-1997) and Virginia Naranjo (b.1932) were standard bearers for the proud figurative pottery tradition of Cochiti Pueblo. They crafted their figurines at the kitchen table in their comfortable adobe home at the pueblo. They worked almost every day crafting their art with great care, joking and exchanging the gossip of the day as they went along, accompanied by television, children and grandchildren. Their art provided a good life for them and it provided a legacy that will be with us for another century or more.

In this figurine, they dressed the adult and child in the attire of an animal, a Moose, as seen in pueblo dances in the fall and early wintertime.  The sticks in their hands are used as forelegs of the animal when dancing.  The animal dancers have black faces and wear a suns shield at the forehead and antlers appropriate to the animal being represented. 

This figurine is signed with the names of both artists and dated 1996. 

Condition:  structurally in very good condition, with a smoky finish