Featured Black Pottery

I bought this yesterday not having any luck finding anything that even looks like it. It is 6 1/2 wide and 2 1/2 tall. Not finding no signature. Does it look old? I hope pics are good enough. I was thinking Native American what do you think? TIA everybody!

 

It does not look like any North American Native American pottery that I am familiar with. It looks like the design was created by a resist process - something was used to paint the light areas which protected them from a reduction firing.

 

I have seen the double pointed shape in some southeast Asian/Indonesian basketry. And the spiral design also reminds me of Indonesian carving. So you may want to search examples from that region.

 

I agree, not Native American. Probably an older piece of Lenca pottery, made by potters from the Lenca ethnic group, from Honduras and El Salvador.

 

Thank you 2manybooks and taupou! It looks just like Lenca pottery! It's amazing what you all know here!