In some cultures there had to be a cleansing ritual before any work on pottery can begin, and in others, a man wasn’t allowed to be with a woman the night before he intended to create pottery, or a menstruating woman wasn’t allowed near the pits.( this is due to it being detrimental to their health at this time). Many superstitions and rituals are present in their pottery exploits, where in some tribes, only the woman are allowed to make the pottery, while in others it is only the men. Their pottery wares embody a refined understanding of material, process, and embellishment that conjures a deceptive simplicity. Terracotta clay is most commonly used, fired in the open, to produce pots of remarkable durability. One of the constants in their traditional pottery production is that they are usually hand crafted without the use of a wheel, utilizing coiling and molding techniques and their methods have been passed down through generations.
This has had a critical influence on the styles and techniques that are employed to create their pottery wares. The vast African continent contains an extreme diversity of cultures, countries and terrains. Selection of African tribal pottery from differnet tribes, Burkina Faso
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