Lovely Older Isleta Pueblo Pottery Friendship Basket mr thayer Box measures 9 1/4" x

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

or basement workshop as the case may be

otherwise marvelous condition

and I guess it a product of the thickness of the glass that it is more the surface than the form that was transfigured--though the form was too

my favorite part being the yellow webbed feet against green painted base but the expressionistically done black detailing on the wings is pretty good too

Lovely Older Isleta Pueblo Pottery Friendship Basket mr thayer Box measures 9 1/4" xI 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