Lovely Old Native American Pueblo Small Pottery Bowl, Presumed Acoma gift for boy It's an antique handmade needle

It's an antique handmade needle book

and what it means and implies to serve and to deliver care

giving this brush a nice warm patina

There remains brass pin near the opening end which locks into the opposite side to hold it closed

Lovely Old Native American Pueblo Small Pottery Bowl, Presumed Acoma gift for boy It's an antique handmade needleI know this small bowl was purchased from a large private Native American collection in northern New Mexico; my guess is that it is Acoma, but I'm not 100% certain. It's for sure a beautiful thing, though, with simple but bold dark brown painted design over white slip, which keeps the eye forever look forward, toward what's around the curve of the bowl. For me, a perfect thing. 4 3 16" in diameter x 2 1 4" tall. Great condition, with a few very minor