Storyteller Figure
Artist
Ada Suina
(born 1930 Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico)
Date1993
Mediumfired clay with pigments
Dimensionslarge storyteller: 11 × 9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (27.9 × 24.1 × 31.8 cm)
small seated figure with outstreatched arms and legs: 3 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (7.6 × 7 × 6.4 cm)
small figure laying: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 9.2 cm)
small seated figure holding smaller figure: 2 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 2 in. (7 × 4.4 × 5.1 cm)
small seated figure with hands over eyes: 2 3/4 × 2 × 2 1/2 in. (7 × 5.1 × 6.4 cm)
coyote: 6 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 8.3 × 10.8 cm)
prairie dog with cloud design on tail: 3 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 3 in. (8.9 × 3.2 × 7.6 cm)
prairie dog with mirrored cloud design on tail: 3 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 3 in. (9.5 × 3.5 × 7.6 cm)
prairie dog with geometric design on tail: 3 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 3.8 × 6.4 cm)
prairie dog with mirrored geometric design on tail: 3 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (9.5 × 3.8 × 8.3 cm)
prairie dog with wide white band on tail: 3 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 4.4 × 6.4 cm)
prairie dog with narrow white band on tail: 3 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (8.6 × 3.8 × 7 cm)
small seated figure with outstreatched arms and legs: 3 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (7.6 × 7 × 6.4 cm)
small figure laying: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 9.2 cm)
small seated figure holding smaller figure: 2 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 2 in. (7 × 4.4 × 5.1 cm)
small seated figure with hands over eyes: 2 3/4 × 2 × 2 1/2 in. (7 × 5.1 × 6.4 cm)
coyote: 6 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 8.3 × 10.8 cm)
prairie dog with cloud design on tail: 3 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 3 in. (8.9 × 3.2 × 7.6 cm)
prairie dog with mirrored cloud design on tail: 3 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 3 in. (9.5 × 3.5 × 7.6 cm)
prairie dog with geometric design on tail: 3 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 3.8 × 6.4 cm)
prairie dog with mirrored geometric design on tail: 3 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (9.5 × 3.8 × 8.3 cm)
prairie dog with wide white band on tail: 3 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 4.4 × 6.4 cm)
prairie dog with narrow white band on tail: 3 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (8.6 × 3.8 × 7 cm)
ClassificationsCeramic
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the estate of Ruth and Sidney Schultz
Object numberPC2022.44.85.A-L
DescriptionA large storyteller figure wearing a bandana with fourteen small figures seated on the storyteller. Surrounding the storyteller figure is a grouping of small, unattached sculptures of children: 1) one seated with arms and legs outstretched; 2) one lying on their stomach with legs crossed and chin resting on their hands; 3) one with legs outstretched and holding a smaller figure; and 4) one seated with legs outstretched and their hands placed over their eyes. In addition, there is a separate grouping of one large red coyote (or fox) with six red pups surrounding it.On View
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