Plateau Beaded Wall Pocket With Bluebird Gavel The bowl is shield shaped

The bowl is shield shaped and comes to a point at the top

wide bowl with four oval designs spaced around the body and a decorative band below the rim

This is a highly collectible piece by one of the finest traditional Hopi silversmiths

Although not a Native American

Plateau Beaded Wall Pocket With Bluebird Gavel The bowl is shield shapedThis is a very unusual and visual piece. It has two beaded panels, one with a large blue bird on a branch and the other with a heart shaped single flower, both of which sit in a yellow field. These panels are spaced apart on a black wool cloth and between the two beaded panels and above the smaller one are two red wool rectangles which creates a very dramatic piece. There is some loss of the red cotton binding above the blue bird panel but otherwise