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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 6165098, member: 45&quot;]I agree with say_it_slowly, that the form is based on one frequently found in early southwest prehistoric pottery, in the range of 900-1200 AD.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen them in museum collections, identified as &quot;bird forms,&quot; &quot;sippers,&quot; and even &quot;infant feeders,&quot; although what they were actually used for is probably just speculation.&nbsp; Maybe it was a fairly common form at the time simply because there were a variety of uses (including all those mentioned!)</p><p><br /></p><p>In the late 1890s/early 1900s traders were encouraging Hopi potters to make reproductions of prehistoric forms, and it was a time when they were switching to the black-decorated reddish clay, so this could date to that time period, but I would suspect it was made primarily for the early tourist trade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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