Plateau Beaded Wall Pocket With Bluebird Gavel This is an unusual blackware

This is an unusual blackware plate made by the well respected San Ildefonso potter

The designs on this bowl are geometric and 5 tadpoles

This fine soapstone carving by Inuit Carver Samson Sala is of a man and child

These were constructed by the Native Americans from the Washington coast up into Alaska

The bowl is shield shaped and comes to a point at the top

Plateau Beaded Wall Pocket With Bluebird Gavel This is an unusual blackwareThis is a very unusual and visual piece. It has two beaded panels, one with a large blue bird on a branch and the other with a heart shaped single flower, both of which sit in a yellow field. These panels are spaced apart on a black wool cloth and between the two beaded panels and above the smaller one are two red wool rectangles which creates a very dramatic piece. There is some loss of the red cotton binding above the blue bird panel but otherwise