![]() ![]() If you have questions, we urge you to call us toll free at 80 or drop us an email. Our products are high-quality and handcrafted we pride ourselves on offering unique products and the best customer service. At our showroom/warehouse in Sedona, AZ, you will find more products on display than we can post on our website. Kachina House is the largest distributor of Native American arts and crafts in Arizona. Built, smoothed and shaped by hand, polished with a stone, fired in an outdoor self-consuming kiln, and decorated with ancient designs are all pieces of the crafter’s journey. Creating them is an art and a spiritual undertaking in which the gathering of local clay and native plants and minerals used for painting are meaningful and sacred events. Storytellers are one example of contemporary handbuilt Pueblo pottery. With the coming of the railroad to New Mexico in the late 1800s, Native American artists delighted in mimicking their new visitors in storyteller sculptures, and their caricatures included supplicating padres, tourists, businessmen, cowboys and dancing bears. ![]() However, since that time figurative sculpture has flourished, especially at Cochiti and Jemez Pueblos, both just south of Santa Fe, in the forms of animals, birds, clowns, caricatures of outsiders and, more recently, images of mothers, grandmothers and grandfathers telling stories and singing to children. Between 15 there is little evidence of figurative work because missionaries and then scholars discouraged and denounced the making of figurative clay pieces. Figurines, especially human female figures, were an integral element in the Anasazi culture. It is in these delightful representations that the intense love of the Native American Indians for their children is clearly shown.įrom ancient times, clay figures were present in Pueblo pottery tradition. These sculptures show the storyteller singing the stories and, in many cases, the little ones seem to be paying little attention. Storytellers are the guardians of the stories of their ancestors. The storyteller is tasked with the responsibility of passing on personal, religious and cultural history to each child in the Pueblo, preserving history for future generations and ensuring continuity with the past. This is not a gender-based job in fact, it is a high honor to be a “storyteller” in the Pueblo. In tribes with no written language, cultural traditions and values historically have been passed down by tribal elders through songs and stories geared to teaching the young. ![]() The storyteller is an adaptation of centuries-old creations in figurine pottery. Our Native American handbuilt storytellers are sought by collectors all over the world. Extremely talented Native American artisans create each storyteller with attention to every detail. These figures are one-of-a-kind handbuilt Native American sculptures called Pueblo storytellers. Crafted and accented with natural materials, we offer unique objects of art and craft. Previews open July 12 – 14 in Marlborough.At Kachina House we carry a large selection of Native American storyteller figurines, handmade by artists from various tribes. Our July Tribal Art online auction features artifacts encompassing many of the world’s tribal cultures, from American Indian, Amazonian and Pre-Columbian to objects from Africa, the South Pacific, and South-East Asia. Like the stories sung by each figure, these sculptures are timeless pieces of treasure. Each sculpture is one-of-a-kind and embodies the importance of oral tradition in exceptional visual depictions of native cultures. Every potter utilizes their own techniques, clay, tools, and colors that make their work recognizable as valuable fine art.įine craftsmanship and unique qualities make Pueblo Storytellers distinctively collectable, the single most sold item in Pueblo art, and one of the most sought-after forms of clay art. A generation of artists inspired by Cordero’s work began making their own Storytellers using traditional methods with incredible amounts of skill and passed-down knowledge. The Storyteller figure represents the importance of oral traditions and the preservation of culture, and has become a staple in historical figurative pottery.
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