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Female Storyteller with Shawl and 4 Kids by Seferina Ortiz - 25815

Category: Pottery | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Fri, Feb 12th 2016, 3:14pm

Seferina Ortiz Pottery 25815  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.

Read more about this storyteller here..