Unfired clay pots with red slip, Dorbour, 1994.

A group of unfired clay pots to which red slip (chuma in Nafaanra) has been applied prior to firing. The string of Babobab tree seeds (foreground) is used to burnish the slip. By rubbing the dried slip vigorously with the seeds, the slip adheres to the surface and becomes shiny. To the right rear are several unfired clay eating bowls (kpokpoo in Nafaanra). Dorbour, 1994.

Creator

• Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Subject

• Pottery making
• Handicraft

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 9

Keyword

• Potting
• Dorbour
• Burnishing
• Decoration
• Slipping
• Potting tools

Date created

• 1994

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Dorbour

Coordinates

• 8.090342, -2.517137

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1994

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/6f46a221-adfb-40c0-b489-baba7606e605