A terracotta vessel, Niger Inner Delta, collected in the desert northern of Mopti, rising from a rounded body to a short widening neck; there damaged, varied reddish patina. A technique, which is still existing today.

"The potter then turns slowly the mold as she adds short, thick coils of clay moulded in the palm of her hands in order to build up sides. In order to model the pot in the required shape and smooth it, she turns the pot in front of her with one hand while modelling and smoothing it with the other.“ Bernard de Grunne

Lit.: De Grunne, Bernard, u.a.Terra d'Africa, terra d'Acheologia. La grande scultura in terracotta del Mali. Djenne VIII-XVI sec. 1990. Susan Mcintosh (Hrsg.): Excavations at Jenne-Jeno, Hambarketolo, and Kaniana (Inland Niger Delta, Mali), the 1981 Season. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1995. Catalogue de l'exposition de la Pinacoteca Civica, Como, 1993-1994. Tra deserto e savana. Elementi di cultura materiale lungo il Niger, 1994.

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