Vintage Acoma Pueblo Miniature Hand-painted Pot learning toy The wood is worn smooth

The wood is worn smooth and a little shiny

who also looks a bit like a giant rabbit-shaped boat at sea

And no fraktur type headers here--just page after page after page of writing phrases over and over and over

and energetically stippled all over spots

especially after the Civil War

Vintage Acoma Pueblo Miniature Hand-painted Pot learning toy The wood is worn smoothI think the designs found on Acoma Pueblo (New Mexico Native) pottery are just about as good as it gets, bold and complex and and perfectly resolved, even on very small pots like this one, moving the eye all the way around. I believe this pot likely dates sometime 1960s 80s, with dark brown near black painted decoration over white slip. 2 7 8" t x 3" in diameter. One very small surface chip on the exterior, as pictured. Some spotting visible on the