Small Polychrome Pottery Mudhead Figurine [SOLD]

Margaret Gutierrez was the daughter of potters Lela and Van Gutierrez. Lela and Van developed one of the most distinctive and recognizable styles of pueblo pottery. Their use of multicolored pigments to decorate pottery is unique. Margaret and her brother Luther continued painting in this style, and began to create animals and small whimsical figurines. After Luther passed away, Margaret carried on the tradition on her own.

This delightful little Mudhead figure was created by Margaret working by herself. She has used a variety of pigments in intricate detail giving the figure a dotted suit and masked visage of a Mudhead.

It is signed by Margaret on the underside and would have been made after 1987, the year that Luther passed away.

Condition: excellent condition

Provenance:  from the collection of a resident of Snohomish, Washington

Recommended Reading:  Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Rick Dillingham