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Post by bistoboy March 4th 2013, 5:33 pm

a conundrum. When i think of burnised clay pottery, i tend to think central and southern America. When i think of double gourd vases, i go to the Orient. It looks to be wheel thrown so i imagine is not terribly old, certainly not as old as some coil built pots. So, East or West? or could it even be African?

one for Naomi to sprint to the finish line first i imagine!!!

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Post by studio-pots March 4th 2013, 6:04 pm

I'll get in first but with no great confidence - looks kind of Islamic to me.


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Post by dantheman March 4th 2013, 6:17 pm

I would say it's tourist ware from Africa

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Post by bistoboy March 4th 2013, 6:24 pm

studio-pots wrote:I'l get in first but with no great confidence - looks kind of Islamic to me.

interesting.... i'll have google
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Post by studio-pots March 4th 2013, 6:29 pm

dantheman wrote:I would say it's tourist ware from Africa

............. so let's go with North Africa!

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Post by bistoboy March 4th 2013, 6:41 pm

Ugandan?

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Post by studio-pots March 4th 2013, 6:45 pm

I think the Ugangan pots will have been coiled and it is the decoration that made me think Islamic. Most pots in sub Saharan Africa would traditionally have been coiled.

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Post by big ed March 4th 2013, 6:47 pm

I would go along with the africa theme the decor necklace design looks African tribal .
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Post by NaomiM March 4th 2013, 8:07 pm

My first thought was Barro negro (black clay) pottery from Oaxaca, Mexico, which is typically burnished like this, but the chips on the foot rim show a terracotta clay so I'm not so sure. It's not saying African to me because of the terracotta. Also Mexican potters use the pinch-pot method, and a gourd would be formed from two pinch pots of different sizes. I think your original thought of somewhere in the Americas is the right one.

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Post by NaomiM March 4th 2013, 8:52 pm

But, it's wheel thrown. That's thrown me.

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Post by dantheman March 4th 2013, 9:07 pm

the decor looks more African to me and not geometric so not typically Islamic

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Post by bistoboy March 4th 2013, 11:33 pm

as Toyah would say, " it's a mistawee "
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Post by dantheman March 5th 2013, 9:08 am

I think you'll find she said it'th a mythtewee

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Post by bistoboy March 5th 2013, 9:28 am

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