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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9544296, member: 8267"]One thing to note - on the ones clearly made for sale, the bottoms are made flat so they will sit on a counter or table. With yours, the bottom appears not to be flat, but slightly conical/rounded. You see the same difference in ethnographic pottery, where the objects will be set on an uneven dirt floor. In the case of baskets, they might also be hung. I wonder if that is how the damage occurred on yours - if it was suspended from the rim with weight in it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9544296, member: 8267"]One thing to note - on the ones clearly made for sale, the bottoms are made flat so they will sit on a counter or table. With yours, the bottom appears not to be flat, but slightly conical/rounded. You see the same difference in ethnographic pottery, where the objects will be set on an uneven dirt floor. In the case of baskets, they might also be hung. I wonder if that is how the damage occurred on yours - if it was suspended from the rim with weight in it.[/QUOTE]
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