Cochiti Pueblo Storyteller Pottery Doll By Mary & Leonard Trujillo

Mid/Late 20th Century

9.25" H x 6" L x 4.875" W

Hand Built from Clay of a Sitting Adult with Two Children Sitting on His Lap with a Black Hat and a Leather Strap Around the Hat

From a Private Colorado Collection

In Very Good Condition

Mary Trujillo (née Mary Tapia, 1937–2021) was originally from Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. She married Leonard Trujillo (1936–2017) of Cochiti Pueblo. Mary learned to create storyteller figurines from her mother-in-law, Helen Cordero, who is widely credited with reviving and popularizing the modern Storyteller form in the 1960s (inspired by traditional Pueblo figurative pottery). Leonard collaborated with her on many pieces, especially from the 1980s onward.  The couple became respected for producing high-quality, often larger-scale figurines. Their work appears in major collections like the Heard Museum and the School of American Research. They are noted for detailed polychrome (multi-colored) pottery with traditional Cochiti designs, slips, and paints.