Antique Blackened Red Clay Pipe Bowl with Face vintag 1990s poster with the sway of the

with the sway of the form making with think of a human figure

with super saturated watercolor shapes and diagrams on each page

2 5/8" x 2 3/16" x 1/4" as framed

(On the back side there are remnants of what appears to be an even earlier wallpaper

sturdily screwed on to the mother and/or to the base

Antique Blackened Red Clay Pipe Bowl with Face vintag 1990s poster with the sway of theI know this blackened redware pipe bowl was found in Virginia and dates to the late 19th very early 20th century. I don't believe it is Native American, but think the face was meant to represent a Native American warrrior, with incised patterns crossing the cheeks to suggest war paint. To my eye, an extremely soulful face it is, with those marks reading equally as tears, and lowered eyes and pointy chin enhancing a sense of sorrow or mourning. There