Black pottery

Duration: 0:33:00

Creator: Harmon Foundation: Publisher

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Description: Shows digging of the black clay at Coyotepec, Mexico, just as it was dug before Columbus' time. Pottery is formed by hand without a potter's wheel, spun on two saucer-shaped wheels, and smoothed with broken pieces of pottery or bits of cloth. The design is put on by polishing.

Complete Record: , Shows digging of the black clay at Coyotepec, Mexico, just as it was dug before Columbus' time. Pottery is formed by hand without a potter's wheel, spun on two saucer-shaped wheels, and smoothed with broken pieces of pottery or bits of cloth. The design is put on by polishing.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.