Typical Images
This page carries typical images from the Northern Mandaras. They are going to be changed at regular intervals. The current images are by Stella Cattini-Muller (1998) and show aspects of pottery making among the Dughwede, where it is not a task restricted to an endogamous group.

Lakwa is making the base of a water jug by adding coils of clay and smoothing the rim before adding a new coil..

“Lakwa’s Pots”, an illustrative booklet for primary school children showing the entier pottery process has been produced by Stella Cattini-Muller. A copy for reproduction can be made on request .

Lakwa is finishing the neck of the water jug by decorating it with four pieces of cornstalk to make a lined effect.

The finished pots are burnished and left in the sun to dry for a few days before firing.

Lakwa is firing the pots at dawn, adding dung, dried leaves and stalks to increase the heat of the fire.