Lovely Older Isleta Pueblo Pottery Friendship Basket homemade winder but not very sturdy

but not very sturdy

The monkey alone measures 7" long x 1 3/8" wide x 45/8" deep

in part for the simplicity of the two figures

and several carved figures I'm listing

or even a match of the VB mark with star

Lovely Older Isleta Pueblo Pottery Friendship Basket homemade winder but not very sturdyI 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