Woman with Child

NameFigure

Artist or maker Helen Cordero (1915 - 1994)

Collective/Group NEA National Heritage Fellow

CulturePueblo of Cochiti

Datec. 1965-1967

Place madeCOCHITI PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO, United States, NORTH AMERICA

Mediumceramic, slip

Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 3/16 × 3 3/8 in. (11.5 × 5.5 × 8.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.53.89

Object numberA.1979.53.89

Collections

NEA National Heritage Fellows

DescriptionHand-Built, Pinched, Slip-Coated Off-White, Burnished; Seated Woman Holding Child, Painted With Black "Guaco", On Dress, Baby, Child, Belt, Shoes And Braided Hair Style. Mouth Interior Of Mother And Child Painted With Red-Brown Slip. Ground Fired.