Stephanie Rhoades, Cochiti Pueblo Storyteller
Stephanie Rhoades
1931-2018
Cochiti Pueblo
Alternative Name
Snow Flake Flower
Date
1985
Classification
Ceramic
Dimensions
6 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (15.2 x 8.3 x 8.9 cm.)
Accession Number
2025.35.30.41
Credit
Gift of Doris M. Lumsden
Biography
Snowflake Flower (Stephanie Rhoades) is a well known traditional potter and storyteller maker from Cociti Pueblo, New Mexico. Snowflake Flower has been making storytellers and traditional pottery since 1977. She often puts Prayer Feathers on her storytellers in honor of her daughter who had been in a coma for 16 years until December 1999. Snowflake Flower has won awards at Santa Fe Indian Market and the New Mexico State Fair. Her sister is noted storyteller potter, Ada Suina.
Inscription
Snowflake Flower, Cochiti, 1985