HISTORIC ISLETA POLYCHROME POTTERY PIPE,BEAUTIFUL PAINTED DESIGNS,EXCELLENT,1900

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HISTORIC ISLETA POLYCHROME POTTERY PIPE, BEAUTIFUL PAINTED DESIGNS, EXCELLENT, 1900
Beautiful rare form with wonderful graphic facial designs.
"Once the group of Laguna Pueblo families, who had split from their native village, settled at Isleta Pueblo in a village
they named
Oraibi
in 1879, they began to produce a large quantity of tourist pieces of pottery, sized down in scale to
make it easy for the travelers to carry in their luggage.
Things popular with tourists were small bowls, sugar and creamer
sets, salt and pepper sets, ashtrays, and vases."
Perhaps, too, smoking pipes were popular, but they do not appear that frequently today, so it is surmised that not too
many were made or that they were easily broken and discarded.  It is not likely that they were purchased to be used as
a smoking device, but rather were considered souvenirs. The popular design for smoking pipes was a figural element,
mostly poking fun at Spanish noblemen or merchants. Note the curled mustache and full beard on this one. There is no
evidence that tobacco has ever been in the bowl of this pipe. It appears as new, even though it dates to circa 1900.
(Adobe Gallery)"
Measures approximately 5.67”
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