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Beautiful American Indian Pottery, Immanuel (MANA Trujillo) Apache Arizona 


This beautiful handmade pottery was hand crafted by sculptor and artist, Immanuel Trujillo MANA (1928-2010), in 1992 in Aravaipa Valley in southeastern Arizona. He also was the founder of Mana Pottery.


Hand painted abstract design of a Longhorn bull and Kokopelli, surrounded with symbolic flora in a deep rich black. The muted background is painted with natural natural earth tones. The rich black is also painted on the inside, on the the rim and on the underside. The underside is deeply enscribed in hand writing.


This unique vintage pottery piece features a hand-painted design of Kokopelli and a Longhorn, with vibrant colors that make it a standout addition to any collection. The ceramic material and glazed finish give it a durable and polished look. The backstamp is also painted, adding to its handmade charm. The piece was created in 1988 and showcases the production style of art pottery. It is an original vintage piece that is perfect for collectors of abstract art and pottery. The item is signed by the artist, Immanuel Trujillo. Get your hands on this rare and special item today!

Immanuel Trujillo

Immanuel “Mana” Trujillo

Reverend Immanuel Pardeahtan Trujillo, 82, died of congestive heart failure on June 24, 2010. 

Immanuel was born to an unwed teen mother and WW I veteran Apache father and was given up for adoption and raised as James Coyle in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. In 1942, at the age of sixteen he ran away from home and joined the Royal Merchant Marines. In 1944, he became a British Royal Marine to fight in WW II. He suffered a traumatic brain injury from a bomb blast on the North Sea island of Helgoland, which required facial reconstruction and a metal plate to replace a missing piece of skull.

He transferred into the United States Army Rangers where he served as a sergeant, training soldiers at Fort Ord, California. He discovered the crafts room in the military hospitals and began to focus his talents on artwork as a means to support himself that would also allow for spiritual expression.

Upon his honorable discharge, Immanuel followed a lead in his father’s will to find an uncle and two of his father’s closest friends in the Southwest. His father’s friends gave him his father’s Peyote medicine box and encouraged him to join the Native American Church.