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<p>[QUOTE="Alesia42, post: 4280837, member: 20541"]Hi!...This is a recent purchase....the tag said Native American Wedding Vase...possibly Navajo?.....its approx 8.5 in ht...x 8 in wth at the widest point from the openings....the clay is rough and has a light sparkle as though it might have mica in the clay, coupled with darkened areas that I do realized that could have been put there intentionally....especially since the bottom isn't dark...so I'm not sure how it was fired knowing nothing about Native American pottery firing process etc.....the clay also seems to have something fiberous added in...I can see it where the rope like handle meets the opening....its also very dirty inside...which may imply age....or maybe someone put dirt in it for that purpose...the are no signatures or marks...I'm hoping that someone knows if this is actually authentic early Native American Pottery.....and not someones experiment........[ATTACH=full]343141[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343142[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343143[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343144[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343145[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343153[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alesia42, post: 4280837, member: 20541"]Hi!...This is a recent purchase....the tag said Native American Wedding Vase...possibly Navajo?.....its approx 8.5 in ht...x 8 in wth at the widest point from the openings....the clay is rough and has a light sparkle as though it might have mica in the clay, coupled with darkened areas that I do realized that could have been put there intentionally....especially since the bottom isn't dark...so I'm not sure how it was fired knowing nothing about Native American pottery firing process etc.....the clay also seems to have something fiberous added in...I can see it where the rope like handle meets the opening....its also very dirty inside...which may imply age....or maybe someone put dirt in it for that purpose...the are no signatures or marks...I'm hoping that someone knows if this is actually authentic early Native American Pottery.....and not someones experiment........[ATTACH=full]343141[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343142[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343143[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343144[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343145[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343153[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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