Ceramic Figure - Storyteller
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Mar 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 20 Nov 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Dorothy Trujillo
notes: label: Notes
content: SEATED CERAMIC FEMALE FIGURE OF A STORYTELLER DOLL, KNOWN IN COCHITI AS "MUNOS". THE FIGURE IS HOLDING SEVEN CHILDREN IN EACH ARM AND THREE CHILDREN ON EACH LEG,AND WEARING A BELT, A SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE AND THE CHONGO KNOT HAIRSTYLE. THE STORYTELLER FIGURE REPRESENTS THE CUSTOM OF CHILDREN WHO, WHEN THEY COULDN'T PLAY OUT- SIDE IN WINTER, WOULD GO TO OLD PEOPLE'S HOMES AND BEG TO BE TOLD A STORY. IN THE PAST, MOST STORYTELLERS WERE MEN BUT NOW MOST ARE WOMEN. ACCORDING TO MRS. TRUJILLO, THE CHILDREN ON THE DOLL LOOK LIKE THEY ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE STORYTELLER. THEY ARE EACH "INTO THEIR OWN THING AND WANT ATTENTION". THE PIECE IS SIGNED BY DOROTHY TRUJILLO. Note re photos: Neg. # 91-19271 is view of back of figure; 91-19272 is profile view; 91-19273 is 3/4 view; 91-19274 is front view.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cochiti, Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cochiti
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 369753
label: USNM Number
content: E424496-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 30.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 16.5 cm