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- Tips on Purchasing & Care Of
- Native American Arts & Crafts
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- Pottery - Buying Tips
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- Avoid all pots with major surface faults or cracks. Clicking the
rim of the pot gently with your fingernail should result in a resonant sound not a thud.
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- Blackware should be smooth, even textured and should be
black or gun metal gray.
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- Lumpiness on the interior of the pot is not desired.
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- The pot should sit square and tall.
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- :Paint lines should be straight, smooth and not lumpy.
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- Tips for evaluating
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- The more surface imperfections the lower than value.
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- The more complex the painted or incised design is the higher the
value.
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- Pots with a higher degree of symmetry command more value.
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- The artists exposure will increase the value of the pot.
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- Design or polishing on the pots interior will increase its' value.
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- Traditionally made pots are much more valuable than commercially enhanced pots or non traditional pots.
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- Thinner pottery walls generally are more valuable because it takes more effort to
produce.
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