Helen Cordero is undoubtedly one of the great names in Cochiti pottery.  It was in 1964 that Cordero said she made her first storyteller.  According to her, “I made some more of my Storytellers with lots of children climbing on him to listen, then I took them up to the Santo Domingo Feast Day,” and the rest is history.  Her pieces were all males, to honor her grandfather, whom she would hear telling children stories of Pueblo life and culture.  She received the New Mexico Governor’s Award in 1982 and the NEA Heritage Fellowship in 1986.  This is one of her classic male storyteller figures.  The figure is sitting with three children on his legs, two on his shoulders and one on his back.  The figure has a red shirt and a detailed squash blossom necklace.  The shirts of each of the children are different in design.  The piece was painted with wild spinach (black) and red clay on white clay.  It was traditionally fired.  It is signed on the bottom, “Helen Cordero”.  It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.