Small Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Dark Brown and White Pottery Bowl whale pattern The wood is well worn

The wood is well worn with some cracking

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which I have learned is called “yun-de

and is gorgeous from any angle

Small Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Dark Brown and White Pottery Bowl whale pattern The wood is well wornThis is a gorgeous little Acoma Pueblo Native American bowl from New Mexico, circa 1940s, I believe. I've really fallen in love with the relatively simple but dynamic surface decoration on traditional Acoma pottery, which this bowl perfectly exemplifies in the interplay of solid forms, stripes, and negative space made all the better by the contrasting terra cotta colored rim. Really lovely. A repair of a small break along the lip was made to this bowl