NASIOI: Simple pottery made from the local clay deposits

Title

NASIOI: Simple pottery made from the local clay deposits

Reference Number

0.0844

Creator

Date

c. 1938

Description

Envelope: PHOTOS FOR USE IN "Boug: a personal history and Black Islanders"; Note on back: "NASIOI: Simple pottery made from local clay deposits provided a valuable trading commodity for some Bougainville villagers. Beaten by hand without a wheel, the pots are sun-dried and then superficially heated in open fires before sealing with a vegetable resin to make them non-porous.

This group is from the Nasioi area of central Bougainville. Pots are traded to mountain Nasioi villages in exchange for mats, baskets, or possum caught by hunting."

Is Part Of

Photos for use in Boug (Photocopy Notes Inside) (DO 0937-DO 0968)