Pottery Piece tribal Identification help

[chadkeath]

Hi and thank you in advance for thoughts on this. I think i may have a old tribal pottery piece. But not 100% sure. Hopefully someone can shed some light. I know there is a-lot of cheap tourist pieces out there. This doesn’t seem to be one.

 

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[Tony in SC]

I don't think it's Native American?

 

[Red-Coat]

Cool thing. The 'coffee bean' eyes and general decoration suggest it's probably a mesoamerican effigy vessel and perhaps from Mexico.

I would think post-contact but not ancient (assuming it's not a repro souvenir).

 

[unclemac]

it looks slip glazed with an applied patina... not old

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Moved to Indian Artifact forum for more expert opinions.

My opinion for what it's worth, not native American and not ancient. Looks more like tourist pieces sold in Mexico and south in mid 20th century.