Maxine Toya is well known for her figurative pottery.  This is one of her classic angel clay figures.  Her faces are always charming and detailed and here the angel is signing.  She is wearing a cloak that is slipped in mica.  The wings are painted with a clay slip.  It is a creative use of various clays along with both sculptural and painted designs.  It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Maxine Toya”.