Storyteller

Label

This work’s intricate shapes guide the eye across groups of listeners sculpted atop the drum-like vessel, each tiny detail representing the way shared stories bring people together. For example, we see a dog listening intently to the story that a turtle is telling. Suina sculpts and then hand-paints every detail on her pottery, drawing inspiration from traditional Cochiti Pueblo (Kotyete) pottery styles that she learned from her mother-in-law. Storytelling is a vital practice through which many Indigenous cultures pass down knowledge, gather communities together, and teach core values, as this work suggests. Looking closely at the figures, who do you think is telling each story?

From the 2025 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 122, Weaving Ké, curated by Nizhonie Denetsosie-Gomez '25, Conroy Intern

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 122, Weaving Ké, Nizhonie Denetsosie-Gomez '25, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25 - March 30, 2025.

Provenance

Arnold and Lorlee Tenenbaum Collection, Savannah, Georgia; by descent to Ann Tenenbaum, Brian Tenenbaum, Margot Tenenbaum, Alison Tenenbaum; gifted to present collection 2022.

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