Lovely Older Isleta Pueblo Pottery Friendship Basket signed spencerian drawing Nothing extraneous

Nothing extraneous

antique paper print from a glass plate negative

8 3/4" x 6 4/8" x 5/16

Plus an abstract pattern on the reverse side

with bright pink paper lattices

Lovely Older Isleta Pueblo Pottery Friendship Basket signed spencerian drawing Nothing extraneousI 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