Clay food pots ready for firing, Dorbour, 1994

Ten clay cooking pots (sro chͻ in Nafaanra) have been placed upside down on a bed of firewood in preparation for a bonfire that will fire the clay pots. These pots have been red-slipped (chuma in Nafaanra) before firing. In the background is the bark that will be used to cover and surround the pottery before the bonfire is lit. Once lit, the fire burns for beween 30 minutes and an hour, after which the clay jars will be useable and ready for sale. Dorbour, 1994.

Creator

• Dr. M. Dores Cruz

Subject

• Handicraft
• Firing (Ceramics)
• Pottery
• Firewood

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 2

Keyword

• Jars
• Dorbour
• Food pots (sro cho)
• Slipping
• Bonfire

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/8465b940-2c93-4ed0-88e8-b3562929920e