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Maker:L,Date:2017-8-13,Ver:5,Lens:Kan03,Act:Kan02,E:Y

Quotations of two description panels

10| Cochiti. Drum, early 1900s
  | Drums, as the sound of thunder, are a primary instrument for
  | accompanying song-prayers in ceremony.

  | Halen Cordero (1915-1994), Cochiti
11| Drummer, 1976
12| Figure, c.1960
13| Storyteller, 1972-1976
  | Helen Cordero started a resurgence of figurative pottery following
  | the creation of her first storyteller figure in 1964 that represented her
  | grandfather. Her figures are distinctive not only for their whimsical
  | ...                the details of the painted clothing and jewelry.

Southern Pueblo Pottery
and the Railroad

“I remember as a child that our Pueblo women sold crafts in front of the
Alvarado Hotel and the Albuquerque railroad station. Some lived at the station
in adobe homes made for them. We used to go visit them when I was a little girl.
Their crafts produced an income for the families. The passengers liked to have
souvenirs. Isleta was the main seller, and then probably Laguna, when the train
stopped at Laguna. When the railroad vanished, it made it a little hard for the
people who went and sold.” Agnes Dill, Isleta

                                     Home life in the Southern Pueblos changed in the
                                     1880s, with the arrival of the railroad near Santo Do-
                                     mingo, Laguna and Isleta bringing tourints to Albu-
                                     querque. Prior to this, the people of Isleta, San Felipe,
                                     Santa Ana and Santo Domingo made pottery primar-
                                     ily for their own use. Zia people made pottery both for
                                     their use and that of Jemez.

                                     As manufactured containers became available, tradi-
                                     tional Pueblo pottery production declined. At the same
                                     time, some potters at Cochiti and Isleta shifted to pro-
                                     duction of tourist wares. Today, individual potters have
                                     created distinctive ceramics that are prized by collec-
                                     tors. Helen Cordero was among the first potters singled
                                     out for her Storytellers.

                                     Image: Women selling pottery to Santa Fe Railway passengers at Isleta Pueblo,
                                     early 1900s. Fred Harvey Collection, Heard Museum.