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Similar pottery, also characterized by incised and dotted wavy lines, along with barbed bone points, was discovered in the Lake Turkana Basin of Kenya. [1] This pottery is much like that of Northeast Africa, especially the Khartoum pottery, but there are some regional differences in the decorating motifs, implements, and tempers used in the ...
African Red Slip flagons and vases, 2nd-4th century AD A typical plain African Red Slip dish with simple rouletted decoration. 4th century. African red slip ware, also African Red Slip or ARS, is a category of terra sigillata, or "fine" Ancient Roman pottery produced from the mid-1st century AD into the 7th century in the province of Africa Proconsularis, specifically that part roughly ...
Prior to 9400 BCE, Niger-Congo speakers independently created and used matured ceramic technology [27] [28] (e.g., pottery, pots) to contain and cook grains (e.g., Digitaria exilis, pearl millet); [27] [29] ethnographically and historically, West African women have been the creators of pottery in most West African ceramic traditions [30] [31 ...
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Tana ware (also called Tana Tradition pottery or Triangular-Incised Ware) refers to a type of prehistoric pottery prominent in East Africa that features a variety of designs, including triangular incised lines and single rows of dots. [1] The presence of this pottery is largely regarded as one of the best indicators for early Swahili settlement ...
Kansyore pottery's uniqueness is a result of applied tools and techniques. This caused the design of the pottery to display distinct decorations that covered most of the exterior surface. The vessels themselves run a spectrum from medium-sized to hemispherical bowls with varying rim designs, such as rounded, tapered, and occasionally spurred. [1]
From the Kerma culture (2500–1500 BCE), the seat of one of the earliest civilizations of ancient Africa, weapons, items of pottery and other household objects are presented in museums such as the National Museum of Sudan, Kerma Museum, British Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [7] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A Decorative Mangbetu Pot from the Brooklyn Museum. The Mangbetu is African tribe part of Democratic Republic of the Congo, living in the Orientale Province.The people of this tribe produced a large variety of highly developed art and music, such as harps, guitars, pots, and other crafts. [1]