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Two Pre Columbian Cylindrical Pottery Vessels

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Two Pre Columbian Cylindrical Pottery Vessels
Two Pre Columbian Cylindrical Pottery Vessels
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Description

acquired prior to 1953, each with flared neck and animal decoration, one with four feet and a tail, larger 5-7/8 x 4 in.

nations. Mr. Waynick received all of the pottery offered here as gifts from the local people during his ambassadorship.

Provenance: Ambassador Capus Miller Waynick, North Carolina; by descent in family

Note: Mr. Capus Miller Waynick acquired this collection of Pre Columbian pottery while he served as U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua from 1949-1951 and Columbia from 1951-1953. Mr. Waynick was appointed to these positions by President Harry Truman in recognition of his assistance in the 1948 campaigns. In 1951 he would temporarily return to the U.S. to organize President Truman's Point IV program, which aimed to aid and revitalize underdeveloped

Condition

surface dirt/accretion, each with larger loss to one side, each with scattered cracks and repairs; one example lacking head (evidence of old breaks visible); one example missing the heads of each animal decoration

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Two Pre Columbian Cylindrical Pottery Vessels

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