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Message:: [QUOTE="Taupou, post: 9438378, member: 45"]I agree with Potteryplease, about the finish of the pot not being like Hopi. I would think this pot is probably from Laguna Pueblo.  (And it was a group of Laguna potters who moved from Laguna to Isleta in the late 1800s and introduced their  new style, in use from then until the 1930s, that became known as the iconic Isleta style.)  So there is a connection there. But this particular pot, with the black rectangles set on an angle, was frequently used in the 1920s at Laguna itself, and as recently as 1993.  Examples of pots with both are illustrated in the 2nd edition of their book Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni by Allan Hayes and John Blom.  I don't know of any other tribe that is known for its use of that design pattern. The plain undecorated pitcher, I can't positively identify.  But the bottom treatment and overall design is not one associated with any Native American tribe, as far as I know.  Catawba pots generally have a distinctive "pointed" handle, and a little more "sheen" to the clay body.  It's a hand-made, outdoor-fired pot, but most likely from "somewhere else."[/QUOTE]