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Photograph by Peter Gabriel Studio. Copyright 2021-2022 Peter Gabriel Studio.

Figure, storyteller

Photograph by Peter Gabriel Studio. Copyright 2021-2022 Peter Gabriel Studio.

Figure, storyteller

Date: before 1990
Artist or Maker: Mary E. Trujillo (b. 1937)
Dimensions:
Dimensions: H: 21.5 × W: 16 × D: 19 cm (H: 8 7/16 × W: 6 5/16 × D: 7 1/2 in.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Richard H. Canon, 1990.
Object Number: SAR.1990-14-1
On view at The Vilcek Foundation, New York, NY
DescriptionPainted woman storyteller with three children on legs and one on right shoulder. White, black, and red paint used.

* Please note: Mary Trujillo is Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan) and Isleta, but married into Cochiti Pueblo (Leonard Trujillo). She learned how to make Cochiti-style pottery from her mother-in-law, Helen Cordero, and generally works in that style.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Isleta collection review visit May 2-3, 2022 (Events Record “Collection Review: Isleta Collection Review 2"): The participants do not believe this artist, Mary Trujillo, is the same, Mary E. Trujillo, from Isleta Pueblo. This does not look Isleta.
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