Vase - Terracotta - Beautiful Mangbetu vase

Anthomorphic Pottery - Mangbetu

In Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda... and like in many other African countries, it is the women who are the potters. The men are responsible for extracting and transporting the clay soil. Everything else is up to the women.

The clay mixed with sand is trodden underfoot. The technique used to make the pots is the so-called