c. 1500 BCE Small Round Bottomed Terra Cotta Vessel with Handle and Fine Stripe, Plus Small Second Pot travel watercolors and is signed "Graf" on

and is signed "Graf" on the bottom

it is the three center disks that turn

These will open all the way out with pressure and hold tight in place

which feels like a cross between pout and snarl

The manner of this graphite and colored pencil drawing makes me think it is Lakota

c. 1500 BCE Small Round Bottomed Terra Cotta Vessel with Handle and Fine Stripe, Plus Small Second Pot travel watercolors and is signed "Graf" onI purchased this from my favorite family run cabinet of curiosities antique shop in New Hampshire, and based on other pieces in the estate collection it came from (including Olmec, Mayan and Peruvian Chancay pieces), I believe is Pre Columbian, from Central or South America, and as shown it was found with an old tag on it noting 1500 BC, which would make it quite an early example. I have done a little looking around to try to more specifically place