Hopi Small Pottery Bowl prison art or perhaps even birds

or perhaps even birds

Dhorka refers to the traditional method of lost wax casting native the Dhokra Damar tribes of West Bengal

Rather like the Democratic Party

The orange geometric design and black scalloped lines are slightly more thickly painted

akin to stone lions or sphinx's but carved of wood--and most welcoming

Hopi Small Pottery Bowl prison art or perhaps even birdsThis is a sweet little vintage Hopi Native American pottery bowl, hand built and painted with dark brown slip, dating to the 1950s or so I believe. One side shows rich orange fire clouding, incurred during the firing. The Hopi is a sovereign nation located in northeastern Arizona. Unsigned, it measures 3 3 16" wide x 1 5 8" tall; 2 3 8" across at lip. There is some paint loss around the lip and on the body decoration and some scattered stains smudges,