Miniature Native American Pueblo Pottery Canteen, Old key holder and gorgeously irregular

and gorgeously irregular

It appears that one can take the whole thing apart (if for example one just wanted to wear the handshake pin around)

It's in pretty good shape for being more than a hundred years old and having been sent through the mail (I believe the address is G

excepting a dark red dye used on the eye lids

Local artisans gather up these remnants and use them to create dolls like this

Miniature Native American Pueblo Pottery Canteen, Old key holder and gorgeously irregularI am not at all expert on Native American pottery, but I do believe this little piece is quite old indeed it feels ancient and quite beautiful, with a presence that far outweighs its size. The form is that of a canteen, with the top opening made to hold a plug, and the lug handles on the sides I think made to be strung in order to wear it. Definitely it is Southwest Pueblo, and based on the patterns I think possibly Hopi, but I am not certain on that.