Vangie Suina Cochiti Storyteller (Copy)
Native American Storytellers

Cochiti Pueblo Vangie Suina pottery storyteller. 5" x 4" ~ PN50S

$550.00

Native American pottery Cochiti Vangie Suina Storyteller in Pueblo clay.

Vangie Suina has mastered a pottery technique that belongs exclusively to her. The result is a degree of finish and finesse that is unmistakable, and highly valued by collectors. While many call these storyteller figures, the originator of the idea called the female figures, ‘Singing Mothers’.

In this piece, Vangie Suina has presented a female singer who is holding a bowl containing ears of corn. On each arm, there are children who are the targets of the message. The entire presentation is within a symbolic opened corn shuck.

Mary Evangeline “Vangie” Suina was born in the 1960s into the Cochiti Pueblo. She was taught by her mother, Louise Suina, how to work with clay, from mixing it, fining it and forming the figures by hand, to firing each piece outdoors, just as her ancestors did.

Vangie uses traditional hand coiling, a technique that has been passed down through generations of Cochiti Indians. Vangie has been working with clay since she was a young woman of 22 years. She adds to the extended legacy of her beloved Cochiti artistry.
5"H x 4"W #PN50

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Vangie Suina Cochiti Storyteller (Copy)
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Helen Cordero, who originated the idea of Cochiti pottery figures, called the males Storytellers and the females, Singing Mothers. As the idea has evolved, no pottery artist has exceeded Vangie Suina in excellence.