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Chimu pottery whistle pot, pre columbian.c 1500

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    Posted 9 years ago

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    manitou71
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    Has a hole in the nose which was repaired probably after removal of a gold ring? The hole in the back of the hat is part of the whistle ,you blow into his butt ,quite a loud piercing sound. Antique sense of humour!
    The Inca fringe bears a potter's mark like some Chimu bricks in Chan Chan,Peru

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      i don't think this is a pre-columbian piece as they don't have all those burnishing marks on them. the old ones were burnished much more carefully. i've seen replicas which look just like this.
    2. manitou71, 9 years ago
      thanks for the comment .If it is a fake it has some history to the 1920's and had old repairs (egg white by the look of it)I disassembled it and restored it. A professor from Harvard who worked in Chan Chan and published in National Geographic said he couldn't be certain but it was possibly authentic. But you may be right!

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