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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 10337535, member: 45&quot;]If it has a rounded, rather than flat bottom, it&#039;s Mata Ortiz. The incised signature is also unique to Mata Ortiz pottery, and not found on similar Native American pots.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some potters from Mata Ortiz were &quot;influenced&quot; by the pottery of Maria Martinez, and produced copies of her &quot;feather&quot; patterns, which explains the San Ildefonso connection.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears that the &quot;signature&quot; has been changed, or rewritten over.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t correspond to any known Mata Ortiz potter, but may have been applied over a potter whose last name ended with an &quot;a,&quot; (still visible next to the smudge.)&nbsp; But the pot itself, is definitely Mata Ortiz, and not Native American.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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