Jemez Female Storyteller

Artist Rose Pecos (Jemez | Towa)

NameFigurine

Date1988

Mediumclay, paint, stick, turquoise

Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (19 × 23.5 × 26.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Don and Rita Morgan

CultureJemez | Towa

InscribedMany Happy Stories...to the Morgans Rose Pecos__(?) of Jemez, with hallmark of Sun design with 14 rays. The inscription to the Morgans is for donor Rita Morgan and her husband Don Morgan.

Object numberA2019-2-45

ClassificationsMay Collection

DescriptionHand modeled figurine; seated female dressed in traditional Navajo costume of long-sleeved blouse and wide skirt with wrapped legs and boots; she is wearing turquoise earrings and squash blossom necklace, has black hair with bun, black eyes and brows and open red mouth; five boys surround her: one holding a small drum, one with a cowboy hat and on a stick pony, one wearing a cowboy hat and seated on her skirt, one reclining on her shoulder, and one reclining on lower part of her skirt. Three other children are females, one holding a doll, one reading a book, and one holding a basket, plus an additional child that is an infant in a cradleboard. All children have are wearing typical traditional clothing. Colors used are red-orange, cream, and black, with bright blue turquoise beads for earrings.

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