Antique Blackened Red Clay Pipe Bowl with Face folk art relief carved portrait care and attention to fine

care and attention to fine detail

which take some thought to arrange into their proper orders

just as biology can often feel

which the other bees would eat through to release the queen once she had been accepted into the hive

On the side of the chop is incised text

Antique Blackened Red Clay Pipe Bowl with Face folk art relief carved portrait care and attention to fineI 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