Thrift Store Pottery Find

Greeneman215

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RustyGold

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It does look real but they can fake anything! But still has the look of old pottery.
 

mn9000

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Greeneman215-- what an awesome find, things like this keep me coming back to thrift stores. Here we are a year later... have you learned anything about it since your posting? If someone faked that, they certainly put a hell of a lot of time & effort into it, particularly with the fading red pigments. Almost looks to be carved from a whale vertebrae?
 

DizzyDigger

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It's a Polynesian sex god...

Don't let your wife see it or you'll never get any sleep! :occasion14:
 

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Greeneman215

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Sorry for late reply, I never did find anymore information about it. It sits in my barrister. I'm almost certain it's pottery. It does look old to me and for $2 you can't beat it. It didn't have a price on it at first so I had to wait until the next day for them to call me with a price of $2 lol.
 

joshuaream

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Google Nicoyan Pottery. Probably found in the Guanacaste area of Costa Rica, probably closer to the Nicaraguan border than the thinner walled classic Nicoyan pottery found in central Guanacaste.
 

Army

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Actually looks like an elephant! I have a collection of Panamanian ceramics from the chiriqui region and the style does not match . My feeling is that is fake. The thickness of the walls seems too much.
 

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