Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • ivi"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: wooden tree bark taken from a recently burnt tree on which the mined clay is placed in the potter's house
  • ibok"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: a communal trough mortar, in which clay is pounded with a stick (ingen), which is a doweled furniture leg. The mortar s a discarded tom-tom drum log manufactured from an ebai tree.
  • keton"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: petrified tree slabs, which are regarded as heirlooms, used by Bafia potters to place mined clay on
  • hvinse"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: coils made by pulling off pieces from the lump with the right hand and placing them on a rectangular smooth-surfaced wooden board (lembale viok), similar to a modern breadboard in appearance. The clay is rolled in a reciprocal motion on the board with the right hand. Potters state that one can use both hands.
  • lembale
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: rectangular smooth-surfaced wooden board similar to a modern breadboard in appearance, on which clay coils are rolled
  • mebana"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: macabo cocoyam (Xanthrosoma sagittifolium) leaf from which the central spine has been pulled off by the teeth, used to lay the coils parallel in a pile
  • ibon"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: a mussel shell scraper, trimmed longitudinally providing a long even edge and used to periodically scrape the coiling (before the actual manufacturing)
  • mene
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: pottery vessel construction
  • anun"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: vessel mouth
  • iduk
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: metal starting plate or bowl in which the coiled piece is put after the coiling process is started. It has been covered with ubuli (family Marantacae) leaves. The bottom of the plate is often broken or corroded out. Befor metal plates were available a basket was used for this purpose.
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