NATIVE AMERICAN COCHITI PUEBLO BEAR FOLK ART STORYTELLER 2 CUBs MARTHA ARQUERO For Sale

Born into CochitiPueblo in 1944, Martha Arquero is the daughter of Damacia and Santiago Cordero.After learning the traditional way to make pottery from her famous mother,Martha began producing handmade clay sculptures in the form of traditionalstorytellers, nativity sets with angels and baby lambs, finely made jars andlarge figures. She is most popular for her frog storytellers and her whimsicalmermaids. At the 1984 Santa Fe IndianMarket Martha earned First and Second Place ribbons for two of her pieces. Martha's early pieces were unsigned butlater she began signing Martha Arquero, Cochiti. Her two sisters, JosephineArquero and Marie Laweka, also made pottery.Damacia was Santiago's second wife. His first wife was Lorenza Cordero,mother of Helen Cordero and grandmother of Felecita Eustace, Ada Suina,Snowflake Flower, George Cordero and Toni Suina. This pieceSigned on the bottom. One of Martha's frog storytellers is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum.