Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary

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  • akom"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: Bridelia ferruginea tree, of which the bark is used to make solution for application on pot after firing
  • ivok"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: palm tree bark brush sprinkled onto the heated vessels, producing a sizzling effect. Pottery so treated has a mottled dark reddish (from stain) and light (original clay surface) appearance
  • lessui
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: remove the vessels from the ash
  • nton"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: long pole used to remove the vessels from the ash
  • fere"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: pitch added into the interior of waterbottles after heating them in order ot make them watter-proof (Bafia)
  • itok/metok"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: spoons (made in clay), they have a hole in the top portion of the handle for hanging. Handles are decorated, the bowls usually not (any pot with medicine in it is called itok)
  • mbe"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: vessels (jars and bowls)
  • moN"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: storage jar
  • kul
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: 'big house' water and wine storage bottle (< anglais 'cool water')
  • lepuk"
    Language code: A71 Language: eton
    Translation: handled drinking cup
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