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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 291749, member: 301"]A <b>stirrup spout vessel</b> (so called because of its resemblance to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup" rel="nofollow">stirrup</a>) is a type of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic" rel="nofollow">ceramic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_vessel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_vessel" rel="nofollow">vessel</a> common among several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian" rel="nofollow">Pre-Columbian</a> cultures of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America" rel="nofollow">South America</a> beginning in the early 2nd millennium BCE.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup_spout_vessel#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup_spout_vessel#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These cultures included the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav%C3%ADn_culture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav%C3%ADn_culture" rel="nofollow">Chavin</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moche_%28culture%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moche_%28culture%29" rel="nofollow">Moche</a>. In these vessels the stirrup handle actually forms part of the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spout" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spout" rel="nofollow">spout</a>, which emanates from the top of the stirrup. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar" rel="nofollow">jars</a>, which were often elaborately figurative, would be cast from a mold, while the stirrup spout was built by hand and welded to the vessel with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_%28ceramics%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_%28ceramics%29" rel="nofollow">slip</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt that's a whistle....</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought the whistling vessels were from other cultures...and were double pots....to make the sound.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]94524[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]94525[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 291749, member: 301"]A [B]stirrup spout vessel[/B] (so called because of its resemblance to a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup']stirrup[/URL]) is a type of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic']ceramic[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_vessel']vessel[/URL] common among several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian']Pre-Columbian[/URL] cultures of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America']South America[/URL] beginning in the early 2nd millennium BCE.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup_spout_vessel#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] These cultures included the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav%C3%ADn_culture']Chavin[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moche_%28culture%29']Moche[/URL]. In these vessels the stirrup handle actually forms part of the [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spout']spout[/URL], which emanates from the top of the stirrup. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar']jars[/URL], which were often elaborately figurative, would be cast from a mold, while the stirrup spout was built by hand and welded to the vessel with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_%28ceramics%29']slip[/URL]. I doubt that's a whistle.... I thought the whistling vessels were from other cultures...and were double pots....to make the sound. [ATTACH=full]94524[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]94525[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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