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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 2339295, member: 45"]The combination of the clay itself (which appears to be burnished, but shows rough reddish color on the bottom) plus the decorating technique (poking the little holes to create a pattern), are not characteristic of any Native American tribe's pottery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would agree that it does appear to be Mexican, in form, and especially in the way the eyes and beak are made. So that's what I would suspect, that it's either Mexican or from some other Central or South American country.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just looking at it, I first thought it was a whistle, but it only appears to have the hollowed out body, without a hole to blow into, so that's not the case. Unless it was intended to be, and the potter forgot to finish it to make it into a whistle. I've actually run across several of those over the years, since pottery whistles is one of the things I collect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 2339295, member: 45"]The combination of the clay itself (which appears to be burnished, but shows rough reddish color on the bottom) plus the decorating technique (poking the little holes to create a pattern), are not characteristic of any Native American tribe's pottery. I would agree that it does appear to be Mexican, in form, and especially in the way the eyes and beak are made. So that's what I would suspect, that it's either Mexican or from some other Central or South American country. Just looking at it, I first thought it was a whistle, but it only appears to have the hollowed out body, without a hole to blow into, so that's not the case. Unless it was intended to be, and the potter forgot to finish it to make it into a whistle. I've actually run across several of those over the years, since pottery whistles is one of the things I collect.[/QUOTE]
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