Storyteller figures represent one of the more recent developments underway in Native American art today.
The continued demand for Mark Bahti's delightful book about these figures and the traditions from which they spring is a testament to their enormous appeal. Bahti has gathered together a collection of storyteller figures to show trends in the art form with text introducing each pueblo and its stories. Pronunciation notes help in reading them aloud, and photographs illustrate the process of making the dolls. Pueblo Stories and Storytellers remains the most comprehensive and reasonably priced introduction to the subject on the market! Photographs throughout
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Author Mark Bahti brings together images of the storyteller with Native American tales...each with the rough edges and compelling punch of a true folk tale that was told aloud long before it was ever written down. Besides pueblos from Taos to Hopi, Navajo traditions are also represented, including some pottery storytellers based on the Pueblo design. The photographs show the widest range of pottery storytellers possible, from Helen Cordero's originals, to mother storytellers, bears holding a lapful of children, cat and dog families, and storyteller Pueblo clowns. Pueblo Stories & Storytellers is a well done concept book, and makes a nice gift for either an adult or a gradeschool child who can read the tales alone. It brings together culture, pottery, and story in one volume with good effect. -- New Mexico Magazine
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Mark Bahti is a Southwestern scholar, writer, and art dealer bringing over 30 years of experience and insight to his books, including Pueblo Stories & Storytellers, Silver & Stone, Spirit in the Stone, and Navajo Sandpaintings. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and owns Bahti Indian Arts galleries in both locations.
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Ancient STORYTELLING ART is RECREATED . . .,
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The wonder-provoking art of Native American Storytellers has been recreated in contemporary ceramics that are now a focus for avid collectors. For me, the most interesting aspect about storyteller dolls is that the making of these figurines was suggested by Alex Girard, famous designer & folk art collector. Girard encouraged potter Helen Cordero of Cochiti Pueblo to experiment with the figures in 1964 !! She made these, appropriately, to honor the memory of her storytelling grandfather Santiago Quintana.
It was as though Girard's imagination gave birth to a new industry for Native American potters. I wonder if this is reflected in the marvelous & huge collection at Santa Fe's Museum of International Folk Art, one of the most exciting collections you will ever visit. As author Mark Bahti notes about craftspeople at Cochiti Pueblo: "new ideas and techniques enrich old traditions." His book is a very good introduction to both the storytelling and the making of the figurines. The latter is well-explained to those new to the art; more books to read are listed, but a promised Guide to Pronunciation is NOT included in my edition. Also, the figurines may soon represent a lost art, as oral traditions are fading. To have many of the stories preserved "on tape" is a blessing. In books, like this one, the stories should be read aloud - - you will find that children love these wild tales, and have a flair for acting them out, especially the cannibalistic ones! I hope there will be a new edition that includes a much needed GLOSSARY, & DATES for ALL of the pieces shown. I have loved this book for many years, and listen with admiration to storytellers in my own family . There are many ENCOURAGERS of the art, too, who should not be overlooked. FOR EXAMPLE, "TALL TALE TELLERS" gather in competition each June at the gorgeous Brown County Public Library in Nashville INDIANA to vie for prizes. Reviewer mcHAIKU urges you to search out similar opportunities, either among Native Americans or in your home state - - wherever there are good listeners, acive imaginations AND healthy dollops of dramatics. p.s., Among my favorite ceramics shown in Bahti's book are: p.17, the stunning OWL of Jemez Pueblo (NM); p.48, the mod-looking Jemez boot, reminiscent of "the old woman in the shoe" and p.47,the Storyteller, also from Jemez, with many children who have even clambered up to her top knot; p.40, the Story BOWLS, representing the cisterns of Acoma Pueblo (NM) - I, too, need to collect water!; p.48, the Santa Clara (NM) figure which should be replicated in CHOCOLATE for every child's Easter basket! and finally, the crazily striking Hopi (AZ) "koshari."
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If you are thinking of collecting the Storyteller Dolls, this is a good book to begin with. Or it makes a good accompaniment to a Storyteller Doll for a nice gift.
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Some American Indians stories and legends.
But I would rather have prefered more pictures of storytellers and notes on the artists. Still a good introduction to pueblo pottery. Huguette
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