Bull by Mamie Deschillie
By Mamie Deschillie—a black Angus bull mud toy with velvety painted black body and white face and horns, turquoise chips for eyes, and a leather strip for a tail. Circa 1980s - ‘90s, made from unfired (sun-baked) clay and tempera paint, 2 ¼ x 2 ½ x 4 ½ inches.
Mamie Deschillie (or Deschellie), 1920 - 2010, lived in Fruitland, New Mexico, at the edge of the Navajo Reservation near Farmington New Mexico. She was well known for her “Mud Toys”, specifically unfired but sun-baked clay animal figures decorated with tempera paint, and also for her cardboard collages of animals and people which are highly prized by collectors. Mamie drew inspiration for her art from children's books, circus animals and animals on the Navajo Reservation, occasionally making up a magical animal from her own imagination
By Mamie Deschillie—a black Angus bull mud toy with velvety painted black body and white face and horns, turquoise chips for eyes, and a leather strip for a tail. Circa 1980s - ‘90s, made from unfired (sun-baked) clay and tempera paint, 2 ¼ x 2 ½ x 4 ½ inches.
Mamie Deschillie (or Deschellie), 1920 - 2010, lived in Fruitland, New Mexico, at the edge of the Navajo Reservation near Farmington New Mexico. She was well known for her “Mud Toys”, specifically unfired but sun-baked clay animal figures decorated with tempera paint, and also for her cardboard collages of animals and people which are highly prized by collectors. Mamie drew inspiration for her art from children's books, circus animals and animals on the Navajo Reservation, occasionally making up a magical animal from her own imagination
By Mamie Deschillie—a black Angus bull mud toy with velvety painted black body and white face and horns, turquoise chips for eyes, and a leather strip for a tail. Circa 1980s - ‘90s, made from unfired (sun-baked) clay and tempera paint, 2 ¼ x 2 ½ x 4 ½ inches.
Mamie Deschillie (or Deschellie), 1920 - 2010, lived in Fruitland, New Mexico, at the edge of the Navajo Reservation near Farmington New Mexico. She was well known for her “Mud Toys”, specifically unfired but sun-baked clay animal figures decorated with tempera paint, and also for her cardboard collages of animals and people which are highly prized by collectors. Mamie drew inspiration for her art from children's books, circus animals and animals on the Navajo Reservation, occasionally making up a magical animal from her own imagination