It is a complete bull fight/ring set. Would love to know more about them!
Have you ever seen anything like them before?
Mostly about my backyard chickens. (Boring, I know), but there are a lot of us out here. Mine are only kept as pampered pets. I could eat a neighbor's chicken, but not MINE. There may be a comment on current events only if I get riled up enough. And there will always be a cartoon or a joke to cheer us. I promise to try my very best to respond to comments. Now I have to figure out how this blogger thingy works....
No clue where they might be from but they are really neat.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I'll have a rib-eye, rare.
Terry
Fla.
I have so much odd stuff - don't know what to do with it all. If the matadors lived, I think they had steak, too!
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ReplyDeleteTerry in Fla. e-mailed me these two links:
Deletehttp://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/28-early-clay-wire-bull-fighting-toys &
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Mexican_handcrafted_toys
Very interesting and so glad he found the articles for me! I've kept them in a seashell box for years and years.
Don't know either, but they look similar to a nativity set from Mexico City my college roommate sent me about...hmm...15 years ago.
ReplyDeleteAt least in the construction of the animals.
Little bit different scale, I guess, for example a donkey would be about two inches tall.
Nicely painted, somebody put some trouble into the whole set, but looks like a very similar method of construction.
Lot of Dali going on there with the wire!
I think a lot of the clay has fallen off after all these years - hence the Dali look!. Some of the exposed wires are rusting, so please touch up your set if the clay falls off. My set is old, but there is a lot of detail on the figures. Thanks for commenting - good to know the craft is still being done.
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