Ethiopian Clay Container – For Storing Items - Decoration Piece - Two Colored

Normal.dotm 0 0 1 116 664 Mekdes Hagos 5 1 815 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Size: H 5 1/2” x W 5 1/2”This Beautiful clay ornament can be used in many ways. Itcan stand on its own as a decoration piece or storing your small items. This perfectlyround shape ceramic is done in a traditional clay making. Traditionally Ethiopian potters are women. If the women areworking on small size pieces, they put a piece of clay on a flat round plateand then rotating the clay by hand to form the shape. Otherwise the women usemolds and now day’s wheels. Once the shape is formed, it is placed outside todry in the sun. The sun dried ceramic then polished before going to the firepit to give it a shine and smooth surface. Unlike the Western ceramic making,the Ethiopian clays are always sun-dried before putting them on fire. To enhance thebeauty of the ceramic, it is oiled as well and finally put on fire to give it the final finish.