Dipping clay pots in bark solution, Bondakile, 1982

Potters and their helpers place hot clay jars, just removed from the bonfire, into a solution made from pounded tree bark. They use their long wooden poles to carry the pots to large pottery bowls containing the bark solution. They dip and turn the pot in the solution, allowing it to carbonize on the surface of the hot jar. This finishing step colors the jar's surface and makes its walls less porous which is said to improve its cooking performance. The remains of the bonfire, banked by previously fired broken pots, can be seen in the rear center. Four photos. Bondakile, October, 1982.

Creator Subject Publisher Identifier Keyword Date created Relation Rights statement Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 7.986031, -2.546331
Provider
  • Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Genre
  • 35 mm slide
Date digitized
  • 2016
Technical note
  • Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Year
  • 1982
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