donald r raab Wrote:
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> Wrong on all counts.
>
> 1. The bowl exists. Until recently it would be
> difficult to prove the bowls origin. That is not
> the case now. tools exist to determine the age of
> the bowl.
>
> 2. You hope the bowl was brought in the 20th
> century. That is hardly science.
>
> 3. The provenance does NOT seem to be in question
> as it is displayed.
>

It may be as claimed on display at the Museo de Metales Preciosos Precolombinos in La Paz, but being on display doesn't mean it has an actual provenance other than "a farmer found it in such and such a year in such and such a place". That means nothing except it must be older than that. It doesn't mean it's been there for thousands of years.



Doug Weller

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