Isleta Pueblo Polychrome Small Bowl [SOLD]

This is a very traditional Isleta Pueblo tourist piece of pottery from circa 1900-1920. The Isleta women used to bring these pieces to the Albuquerque train depot to sell to the train travelers.

The whole vessel is slipped in stone polished white clay and decorated in a band just under the rim. A chain of white diamonds, each outlined in brown paint and each containing three short black parallel lines, encircles the circumference of the bowl, floating in a background of red. Below the decorated bands are double framing lines from which cloud elements are pendant.

The design elements are expertly painted and the bowl is in very good condition.