Five Isomeric Designs and Pueblo Philosophy

THE IDENTICAL, MIRROR IMAGES OF ISOMERIC DESIGN REVEAL FASCINATING INSIGHTS ON PUEBLO ART AND CULTURE.

Woven clothing, baskets, and pottery vessels were all essential technologies that made the Ancestral Pueblo way of life possible, so it seems only natural that potters would have called attention to the unity of these various industries. In this article, we connect pottery and weaving with Pueblo philosophy and social history to explore deeper layers of meaning of isomeric design in Ancestral Pueblo culture.