Young potter, using an old, inverted pot as a mold, beats out batt to make the base for a pot, Ebu Dada pottery center, Ilorin

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Process of making a large red storage pot. A ball of prepared clay mix has been beaten or trodden out into a "batt," or patty. Here, a young potter, using an old, inverted pot as a mold, beats out the batt to make the base for a pot.

Collection

Ann O'Hear Collection

Archival grouping

Ann O'Hear Collection / Series 2: Pottery Technology in Ilorin

Catalog date

1980

Recorded places

Nigeria

Cataloged creator or photographer

O'Hear, Ann

Recorded subjects

Pottery

Format and extent

1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)

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