Hunter1805
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Vinette 1 Vessel 3000 BP
I found this vessel when I knew nothing about Indian artifacts. I was walking along a stretch of beach and found large chunks exposed from some sand dunes that were damaged during the winter lake storms back in 1980's. I found pieces many of them and also learned that I could put them together like a puzzle. The vessel not knowing of its importance was left in my garage until I had time to mess with it. It was a very time consuming project and in the end I had about 80% of the vessel completed. I took the vessel to a highly talented ceramic expert who completed the vessel after about 1.5 years in his care. As he was working a curator of a national museum came into his shop and inquired about the vessel. I was contacted by the museum curator and he expressed that what I found is a very rare Vinette 1 vessel. His museum and another major city museum has only fake ones as displayed. The identifier of this vessel is the cord marked internal and external surfaces and the conoidal shape of the vessel. This is the beginning of clay ceramics as we know in the North east US. The curator continued to express his excitement of the find. He also asked if the museum could help me in any way with my vessels in repairing others that I have found. I paid dearly for the repair of the vessel and felt that donating this one and others to the museum upon my passing was not in my best interest. They would have repaired them for free thus I must have a will made up donating them back to the museum when I pass. I will pass my artifacts on to my kids. I have had many offers to sell this one but I have refused them all. It has character, its very historic and it is the beginning of the earliest pottery made in the USA. I hope you enjoy the vessel. PS . The repairs were made so that when and if other pieces are found the vessel can be heated and dismantled. Jim
I found this vessel when I knew nothing about Indian artifacts. I was walking along a stretch of beach and found large chunks exposed from some sand dunes that were damaged during the winter lake storms back in 1980's. I found pieces many of them and also learned that I could put them together like a puzzle. The vessel not knowing of its importance was left in my garage until I had time to mess with it. It was a very time consuming project and in the end I had about 80% of the vessel completed. I took the vessel to a highly talented ceramic expert who completed the vessel after about 1.5 years in his care. As he was working a curator of a national museum came into his shop and inquired about the vessel. I was contacted by the museum curator and he expressed that what I found is a very rare Vinette 1 vessel. His museum and another major city museum has only fake ones as displayed. The identifier of this vessel is the cord marked internal and external surfaces and the conoidal shape of the vessel. This is the beginning of clay ceramics as we know in the North east US. The curator continued to express his excitement of the find. He also asked if the museum could help me in any way with my vessels in repairing others that I have found. I paid dearly for the repair of the vessel and felt that donating this one and others to the museum upon my passing was not in my best interest. They would have repaired them for free thus I must have a will made up donating them back to the museum when I pass. I will pass my artifacts on to my kids. I have had many offers to sell this one but I have refused them all. It has character, its very historic and it is the beginning of the earliest pottery made in the USA. I hope you enjoy the vessel. PS . The repairs were made so that when and if other pieces are found the vessel can be heated and dismantled. Jim
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