Lovely Older Isleta Pueblo Pottery Friendship Basket mr thayer but some treasures to be

but some treasures to be found

Box measures 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 4"

perfectly wonky

or basement workshop as the case may be

otherwise marvelous condition

Lovely Older Isleta Pueblo Pottery Friendship Basket mr thayer but some treasures to beI have a particular love for the graphic patterns rendered in black and rust against cream body on Isleta pueblo pottery, with these patterns also carrying symbolic meanings relating to nature, cycles of life, infinity, etc. Boldly hand painted all the way around, and with a tall twisted clay handle, this "friendship" basket is a lovely example of a earlier piece created for the tourist market c. 1920s 30s or so, I believe. With some writing on the