Tony Dallas, Tewa (Hopi) Pueblo Koshare
Tony Dallas
1956-
Tewa (Hopi) Pueblo
Date
2001
Medium Specific
Clay, corn husk, acrylic
Classification
Ceramic
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 2 x 4 1/2 in. (8.9 x 5.1 x 11.4 cm.)
Accession Number
2025.35.30.43
Credit
Gift of Doris M. Lumsden
Memo / Artist Statement
Tony seriously began making pottery in 1982. He learned all the ancient traditional methods of constructing pottery and clay sculptures. Finally, he decided that he really enjoyed making storytellers and continues to create a very unique contemporary style of art. He stated, “I started to hand coil a regular storyteller. Then, I thought for a moment. Mudheads and Koshare clowns also tell stories and they are so humorous to me. So I began experimenting with different styles of storytellers using my creative imagination to construct them”. Tony’s style is a finely painted contemporary flare on a traditional sculpture.
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Biography
Tony Dallas was born in 1956 on the Hopi pueblo. He married into the Cochiti Pueblo in the early 1980s. In 1982 he began to learn the art of working with clay sculptures by observing his mother-in-law, Lucy R. Suina. He signs his art as T.D. followed by a badger claw to denote his Clan origin. Tony is related to the late Charles Loloma.
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