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Cochiti Pueblo Wall Mounted Font with Deer Head by Louis and Virginia Naranjo - 25809
Louis and Virginia Naranjo 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.
Louis was very creative in making items that differed from what other potters were making at the time. He and Virginia made large figurines of male and female tourists in bikinis, sunglasses, and with a camera hanging around their neck. He also dreamed up the black bear storyteller figurine as well as the Santa Claus figurine. Together they made mermaids and animals.