Shaping a clay jar, Dorbour, 1994

Description:

Peni Krah, a Nafana potter, sits on the ground and uses her left hand to turn the palette (kpankpa in Nafaanra) on which she has molded a clay soup pot (chiin sinyjͻlͻ in Nafaanra), smoothing its rim with a moist cloth held in her right hand. The headpan to her right contains moist clay. Dorbour, 1994.

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Dorbour

Subjects:

Forming; Women's work; Soup pots (chiin sinyjolo); Dorbour; Potting

Subjects Facet:

Handicraft; Pottery making

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