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Buffalo
by Judith Lile and Jim Sneed
The
Buffalo
Introduced to the Humpty Dumpty circus in
1906, the buffalo had a long life and was produced in at least five distinctive
designs - the open mouth glass eyes, the closed mouth glass eyes, the
carved head glass eyes, the molded head painted eyes, the reduced size
painted eyes, and the reduced size decal eyes. |
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner
Cloth mane, open mouth, glass eyes
The first design buffalo is characterized by his furry cloth mane. He
has leather ears, horns, a twine tail, and an open mouth.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Cloth mane, closed mouth, glass eyes
This design is the same as the former except that the mouth was not
opened.
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner
Carved head, glass eyes
Carved head, carved ears, leather horns, twine tail, and glass eyes
characterize this design.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Painted eyes, molded head
Sometimes the mold line can be seen running down the middle of the
buffalo's forehead. The horns are leather and the tail twine.
Photo by Judith Lile
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(Need Photo of reduced PE
buffalo)
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner
Reduced size, decal eyes, molded head
The decal eyes version is just like the painted
eyes reduced buffalo.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner
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