Abuja 2005 017
This boy was working hard to impress me and show me how the women make the big pots that you see around. First, they pound the clay down with a big stick on a flat rock. Then, they take the pounded clay to another pot, and stooped over, they shape the large pots entirely by hand. These pots were 2-3 feet high. They walk around the stone in a circle, sometimes with babies on their backs, and just scoop out the clay and shape the pot - entirely by hand. They are later fired basically over open flame.
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