Clay pots at Ebu Dada pottery center, northern edge of Okelele district, 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.

As of the 1980s, Ebu Dada was the largest pottery making site in Ilorin, where numerous potters gathered to make and fire their pots. In this photograph, Ilorin "red" pots, for water or other storage, with red slip added, are set out to dry. Pots in the background have not yet been treated with the red slip. Ilorin potters divide their products into "red" (pupa) and "black" (dudu) wares, the red including these large storage pots, and the "black" including soup pots with burnished designs, and pots for storing medicines and oils.

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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