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<p>[QUOTE="OldWhitby, post: 4097656, member: 17301"]Still looking for some more definitive answers</p><p>[USER=45]@Taupou[/USER]</p><p>I've taken some more pictures to show the detail. The 1st picture shows some of the mud/clay around the rim and also that the paint (both silver and red) was applied over the mud. The 2nd picture shows remnants of the mud (and paint on the inside of the rim. It looks like the entire rim and down the legs (covering the stitching) was all encased in clay and painted. Pictures #3 & 4 shows the sides of a couple of the legs where the clay would have been. Picture #5 shows where the reed or bamboo on the top rim is terminated by being punched into the underlying layer.</p><p>These details strike me as unusual and should point to a specific culture - perhaps it had a ceremonial function.[ATTACH=full]329845[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]329846[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]329847[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]329848[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]329849[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="OldWhitby, post: 4097656, member: 17301"]Still looking for some more definitive answers [USER=45]@Taupou[/USER] I've taken some more pictures to show the detail. The 1st picture shows some of the mud/clay around the rim and also that the paint (both silver and red) was applied over the mud. The 2nd picture shows remnants of the mud (and paint on the inside of the rim. It looks like the entire rim and down the legs (covering the stitching) was all encased in clay and painted. Pictures #3 & 4 shows the sides of a couple of the legs where the clay would have been. Picture #5 shows where the reed or bamboo on the top rim is terminated by being punched into the underlying layer. These details strike me as unusual and should point to a specific culture - perhaps it had a ceremonial function.[ATTACH=full]329845[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]329846[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]329847[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]329848[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]329849[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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