Small Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Dark Brown and White Pottery Bowl vintage curiosity with thin black bands near

with thin black bands near the lip of the lid and near the top and bottom of the body

) It folds back up elegantly to form a rectangular box with square sides

Beautifully crafted

I really love whoever it is that made this

and his finished

Small Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Dark Brown and White Pottery Bowl vintage curiosity with thin black bands nearThis 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