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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 309312, member: 2844&quot;]It is assumed Peruvian double spouted vessels were made for ritual use. I don&#039;t know if anyone can make the same assumption of Tairona double spouted vessels.</p><p>What you were told before was a 20th century story, which can never be superimposed on pre-Columbian concepts, which we know little about anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some very good replicas of Tairona vessels and pre-Columbian pottery in general, so I&#039;ll just repeat what I wrote before in this thread: Take it to an expert. Please read the thread.</p><p>Anyone who knows pre-Columbian pottery has to see, feel and smell it to be able to judge it. We are an online forum and can&#039;t tell from a photo. We keep saying that to everyone who has a question about pre-Columbian pottery. A description of a smell before and after tapwater does not help, it is subjective, too dependent on the sense of smell of the people involved.</p><p>I would never recommend exposing possible pre-Columbian pottery to tapwater. Chlorinated tapwater on ancient artifacts is the stuff of nightmares to me.</p><p>Did you buy the exact same one as in the picture SeaGoat posted? Is that a mark on the bottom? If so, it is a replica.</p><p>Good replicas have value, but not as much as the real deal of course. Here are some replicas and prices:</p><p><a href="http://www.acrossthepuddle.com/collections/ceramics?pc_ceramic_object=501" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acrossthepuddle.com/collections/ceramics?pc_ceramic_object=501" rel="nofollow">http://www.acrossthepuddle.com/collections/ceramics?pc_ceramic_object=501</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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