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National Museum of African Art  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2015-03-25T15:47:49.000Z
Views:
32,282
Video Title:
The Hands of the Potter: Tombo Monyanga, Congo, Central Africa, November 1985.
Description:
Production of The National Museum of African Art. 1991. 26 minutes. Credits: Cinematography and fieldwork, Raymond Lanfranchi; editing, Philip L. Ravenhill; off-line editing, Office of Telecommunications, Smithsonian Institution; on-line editing, Interface Video Systems, Inc. Summary: The film documents the making of three pots by hand. It follows the work of the woman potter from the beginning of shaping the clay to the baking and cooling process. The pots are hand spun on a rock and coiled built and then fired in an open stack of twits and logs. The hot pots are plunged into bowls of liquid. The heat of the pot causes the liquid to boil leaving the surface with wavy patterns.
Video Duration:
26 min 2 sec
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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