1969 VINTAGE “Mana” Trujillo TIM LEARY'S SRI RAM ASHRAMA 10 FOOTED POTTERY VASE

THIS VERY LARGE VASE TRULY IS WORTHY OF A MUSEUM. NOT ONLY ON AN ARTISTIC FRONT BUT OF COURSE

IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT AS WELL.

AFTER THE RAID ON HIS MILlBROOK MANSION IN NEW YORK IN 1966 TIMOTHY LEARY AND HIS BAND OF PSYCHEDELIC FRIENDS QUICKLY MOVED TO THE PEYOTE DESERTS OF BENSON ARIZONA. THERE ALONG WITH BILL HAINES AND IMMANUEL TRUJILLO ESTABLISHED THE SRI RAM ASHRAMA COMPOUND. MANA STARTED TO DELVE INTO THE NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS AND SOON BECAME QUITE THE CERAMICIST. THIS EARLY WORK IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.

MANA WITHIN A FEW YEARS LEFT THE COMPOUND TO FORM HIS OWN SPIRIT CHURCH AND THEN CONTINUED FOR MANY YEARS OF POTTERY PRODUCTION.

HIS PIECES FROM THE LATE 60'S ARE QUITE RARE AND USUALLY ARE QUITE SMALL. THIS CEREMONIAL VASE/BOWL IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THOSE "SPIRIT WALKS" TIME FRAME.

NOW THERE IS SOME CRAZING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PIECE BUT NONE ALONG THE SIDES OR INSIDE OF THE VASE. THERE DOES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A SLIGHT ALTERATION/REPAIR DONE TO ONE OF THE FEET BUT NOT SURE WHY AS IT LOOKS INTACT.

THIS WILL SHIP FREE OF CHARGE AND WILL BE PROPERLY INSURED. THIS BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART NEEDS TO BE CHERISHED AND PROTECTED.