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Old 11-01-2011, 03:42 PM
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Added a new piece of pottery to the collection
Just added a new piece of pottery to the collection, from Costa Rica, 400-700 AD "Chocolate cup" with spider motif. It was busted up pretty bad so I got a deal. I haven't decided if I am going to do a full restore on it or just display it as is yet. Two of the three rattle feet still have the clay rattle ball inside.
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Old 11-01-2011, 04:15 PM
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Holy crap Paul, that thing is just wild. Awesome.

Never saw anything like it before.
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Old 11-05-2011, 11:54 PM
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wow , that is one intricate piece of pottery, so they rattled it when they drank chocolate?
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I don't know why they put the rattles on/in them, they are just clay balls and I don't imagine they made too much noise.
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Old 11-06-2011, 07:30 AM
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Great piece, Costa Rica pottery is hard to come by.

Rattles are a neat commonality between many Pre-Colombian cultures. They have also caused more destruction of great pieces because so many farmers/diggers believe the myth that the natives hid gold nuggets in the rattles.

Here is a Venus figurine that was unceremonially killed because it rattled.

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I didn't know that- and VERY cool piece you have there by the way.
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very cool ,thanks for showing
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