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Nineteenth-Century Tesuque Pueblo Rain God Figurine - C3618C
Category: Pottery | Posted by | Thu, Jul 14th 2016, 3:41pm
Santa Fe was becoming a tourist destination in the 1880s. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train made transportation to the town convenient. The town was a Territory of the United States, not yet a state. That fact, along with the rich heritage of the Indian cultures, the healthy climate, and the beauty of the region made Santa Fe an exotic vacation for Easterners. Santa Fe merchants were eager to attend to the needs and desires of these travelers and it is in this realm that the Tesuque Rain God figurines were developed.