Dorothy Herrera

Cochiti Pueblo

Dorothy Herrera learned her traditional pottery making skills from her mother, Mary Frances Herrera, and her grandmother, Laurencita Herrera (one of the finest Cochiti potters from the 1930s into the 1970s).

Born in 1970, Dorothy was producing pottery for the marketplace by the late 1980s. Dorothy specializes in storyteller figures, some human but mostly animals, especially bears.


Six cubs on a bear storyteller
Bear storyteller with six cubs
7.5 in H by 6.5 in Dia
Bear carrying 2 cubs and a fish Two cubs with a fish riding on a mother bear
5.25 in H by 5.75 in Dia
3 children on a miniature grandmother storyteller
A miniature grandmother storyteller figure holding 3 children
1.25 in L by 1.25 in W by 1.5 in H
A miniature grandmother storyteller figure holding one child
One child held by a miniature grandmother storyteller figure
1 in L by 1 in W by 1.5 in H
Seven children on a grandmother storyteller
A grandmother storyteller figure holding seven children
4.75 in L by 3 in W by 5.25 in H
Polar bear carrying 2 cubs and a fish Two polar bear cubs with a fish riding on the back a mother polar bear
4.75 in L by 2 in W by 5.25 in H

Cochiti Pueblo Potters