Featured Oaxaca Zapotec Matte-Black Carved & Pressed Bowl/Bell

This pot is ~4" max diameter, ~4" height; ~1/8" wall thickness; it weighs 7.83 oz (~222 grams). Google images shows many of this shape an' approximate size...but none of them have the ~1/2" by ~2 1/2" slots cut in through the rim, down to max diameter! Its firing was high enough to produce a sweet an' clear bell-tone when this pot is tapped with a fingernail. If the slots are to accommodate a spoon or other utensil, that Bell-like quality may be inadvertent. The pot is apparently unmarked; the bottom is slightly flattened, but remains a little rounded; it rocks, but is balanced enough to rest upright. Can anyone say what purpose this was made to fulfill, an' what the slots are for? Thanks for lookin'!

 

Wow-- I've never see one like that.

 

It looks like a ceramic singing bowl and the slot would be to hold the small stick used to run over the edge to produce sound. My son has one shaped like a frog

 

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" Can anyone say what purpose this was made to fulfill, an' what the slots are for?"

I think I can........ napkin holder !

 

Darn clever piece.

 

Hmm...hard to imagine it was made for napkins, somehow.

 

I was just kidding......... it's made for Toast !!

 

Weirdest of all-it's on the Bed,Bath & Beyond Website,that's so 2023 !
PS-Wait ,who you callin' toast !?

 

If y'hafta ask, Bosko...well, y'know...

 

Amigo-"¿A quién llamas tostada?"