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Historic Cochiti Pueblo Jar with Collar Neck - 25711
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Fri, Sep 30th 2016, 3:31pm
Stevenson and Cushing, in 1879, and Stevenson, again, in 1880, made collections at Cochiti Pueblo and they noted that the majority of pieces being made there were figurative pieces and effigy vessels, with almost no ollas or bowls being made. (Batkin 1987). This has been a long tradition at Cochiti. It is interesting that they were so involved in making figurative pottery for tourist consumption when they really were not near Route 66 or other tourist traveled locations. They must have traveled into Santa Fe to sell their pottery to traders in town because it is not likely that tourists traveled the road to the pueblo.