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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 9605929, member: 45&quot;]While it&#039;s true that Southwest puebloan tribes are not known for making pottery with 3 legs, it is fairly common among the Cherokee and Catawba potters of South Carolina, Mexican potters, and those of Japan, China, and several countries in Central and South America, as well as Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p>This appears to be an unglazed, pit-fired pot, but it would help determine where it was made by being able to tell if it was thrown on a potter&#039;s wheel. since traditional Native American potters hand-built their pottery, and never used a potter&#039;s wheel. </p><p><br /></p><p>It isn&#039;t raku ware, since that means that the clay body is turned all black.&nbsp; The black areas are a result of firing outdoors, where the flame reaches part of the pots, resulting in the black areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>But raku (&quot;American&quot; post-firing reduction, not the Japanese Raku) occurs when the pot is fired in a manner that causes oxygen to not reach the pot at all, so the entire pot (except where glazed), turns black.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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