Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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bigde

Language code: A71
Language name: eton
Translation: roulette carved from tomo, Carpolobia alba, woord with matel knives. (the operation of rouletting is done by rolling the cylinder in a reciprocal action over the clay surface with tip of the forefinger of the right hand. The vessel is rotated in a clockwise direction and the direction of design placement is counterclockwise and away from the body
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Reference: Swartz 1989:122
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