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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 12910188, member: 8267&quot;]The Storyteller figures were originated by Helen Cordero of Cochiti Pueblo in the mid 1960&#039;s. The style became so popular that potters in other Pueblos started creating Storytellers in their own styles.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Jemez has long been noted for &#039;tourist trinkets&#039; and small figurines, and several of the older potters reported making Singing Mothers painted with poster paint in the 1950s, but it was only in 1968 that Marie Romero and her mother Persingula Gachupin made the first Storytellers. After the mid-1970s, there was a dramatic increase in Storyteller production, and by the mid-1980s, there were over sixty potters in Jemez, in addition to seven Jemez potters in other Pueblos, making figurines.&quot;</p><p>Barbara A. Babcock, Guy and Doris Monthan: <u>The Pueblo Storyteller</u>. University of Arizona Press, 1986.</p><p><br /></p><p>The authors also note that: &quot;Since the 1920s, there has been considerable experimentation at Jemez with various decorated styles, materials, and techniques, including kiln-fired commercial colors and glazes and painting after firing with poster paints and acrylics.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Given that there were over 60 Jemez potters at work by the time period of your figure, it is not surprising that there may not be specific mention of Phyllis Tosa. However, in an extensive survey of potters documented as making Storyteller figures, the authors list Persingula Tosa (b. 1924) and her daughters Mary Madalena and Dora Tosa, as well as Sefora Y. Tosa.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your figure is a typical Storyteller in its form, a seated woman with open mouth, surrounded by several children. It appears to have been painted after firing, with acrylic paints. The surface is quite shiny, unlike the matte surfaces created by the more traditional use of colored clay slips applied before firing, and the thin detail lines on the hands are more characteristic of acrylics. You can see the difference in comparison with this Storyteller signed by Jemez potter M. Tose, currently listed on etsy -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]557114[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1658630753/m-tosa-jemez-pueblo-pottery-storyteller" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1658630753/m-tosa-jemez-pueblo-pottery-storyteller" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1658630753/m-tosa-jemez-pueblo-pottery-storyteller</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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