Antique Blackened Red Clay Pipe Bowl with Face folk art relief carved portrait including the inclusion of the

including the inclusion of the crank at front

proscribes a system of "Vertical Writing"

and many years of use left in it

which take some thought to arrange into their proper orders

Antique Blackened Red Clay Pipe Bowl with Face folk art relief carved portrait including the inclusion 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