Here is Guthrie's Found Object assembly called the 'Dirt God'. Made from a roaster pan, binder twine, belt loop parts for skin, vacuum cleaner brushes for eyes, scrub brushes for feet, and a raggedy zipper for his mouth, the effigy has been holding forth in our various abodes since 1965 when Wis created it and signed it with his name. See illus.
For a long time it stood atop the microwave in the kitchen. Before that it lurked in a dark corner of the basement. Intended to get the attention of our children, it did not fail. They grew up protected by its presence. Now they come home to visit it. Or, it is still visited upon them.
Wis's caveat in parting with the creation was to never ever dust or clean the Dirt God, but to allow it to continuously and uninterruptedly get dirtier and dirtier. That vow we have kept.
This is another thing that money cannot buy at the former Odd Fellows hall downtown, the Dirt God's new residence. Visitors are welcome. Call 1st.
