Hands and Bodies, Unsigned Studio Pottery Vessel bone doll I have not removed it

I have not removed it from the frame but it is clearly in very good condition with minimal toning

I don't know what it

which looks to be a scald mark and could have done the trick

So at the time it was produced

I'll bet as someone instructed him to leave those alone

Hands and Bodies, Unsigned Studio Pottery Vessel bone doll I have not removed itI'm thinking this vessel likely once had a lid, which perhaps also functioned like a small tumbler the tapering of the top and undecorated area on one side seems to suggest that. But I have a feeling it's better this way anyway just a pure field of hands and silhouetted bodies interrupting each other in a sort of endless dance of stop and go (or Mother May I?) The only punctuation are two unpainted hands in low relief 3 4 of the way down either side;