Woman preparing the clay, near Lunsar

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Donor notes read: "Potters near Lunsar; Woman preparing the clay; the earth from a stream bed has been pounded to a fine consistency and now waits to be mixed with water (lower left); nearby pots are drying in pots filled with grass so they will not crack. Taken at a small Temne village just east of Lunsar on the German Highway. All the potters were women; some Temne, some Limba. Jan.- Feb. 1980. The date on the slide is MAY 80.".

Collection

Christopher DeCorse photographs

Archival grouping

Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone

Catalog date

1980

Recorded places

Africa; Sierra Leone

Cataloged creator or photographer

DeCorse, Christopher R

Recorded subjects

Artists; Artisan

Format and extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

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