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- catalog abstract ""In many parts of Africa marriage involves the making of new pots and funerals the smashing of old. Smashing Pots surveys the role of pottery in traditional and modern Africa, the technologies it calls into play and the extraordinary aesthetic effects it achieves. Nigel Barley shows how pottery is used in cultural thought and how it reflects, in Africa, important ways of thinking about human bodies and powers, time and change. Pottery enters into religion and medicine, the structuring of sexuality and the control of fertility and through it important differences emerge between Western and African notions of gender." "Illustrated with field photographs and pots from the British Museum's unsurpassed collection, this book provides the only comprehensive introduction to African pottery currently available."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7001254.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""In many parts of Africa marriage involves the making of new pots and funerals the smashing of old. Smashing Pots surveys the role of pottery in traditional and modern Africa, the technologies it calls into play and the extraordinary aesthetic effects it achieves. Nigel Barley shows how pottery is used in cultural thought and how it reflects, in Africa, important ways of thinking about human bodies and powers, time and change. Pottery enters into religion and medicine, the structuring of sexuality and the control of fertility and through it important differences emerge between Western and African notions of gender." "Illustrated with field photographs and pots from the British Museum's unsurpassed collection, this book provides the only comprehensive introduction to African pottery currently available."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Techniques of Potting -- 2. Potters and the Earth -- 3. Male and Female in the Making of Pots -- 4. The Role of Pots -- 5. Vessels of Spirit -- 6. Pots as Instruments of Harmony -- 7. Decoration and Innovation -- 8. Motifs, Motivation and Motives -- 9. New Pots for Old -- 10. Postscript: Pots as Feats of Clay.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.".
- catalog extent "168 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Smashing pots.".
- catalog identifier "1560984198".
- catalog isFormatOf "Smashing pots.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Smashing pots.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Sub-Saharan.".
- catalog subject "738.3/0967 20".
- catalog subject "NK4176.75 .B37 1994".
- catalog subject "Pottery Africa, Sub-Saharan.".
- catalog subject "Pottery, African.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Techniques of Potting -- 2. Potters and the Earth -- 3. Male and Female in the Making of Pots -- 4. The Role of Pots -- 5. Vessels of Spirit -- 6. Pots as Instruments of Harmony -- 7. Decoration and Innovation -- 8. Motifs, Motivation and Motives -- 9. New Pots for Old -- 10. Postscript: Pots as Feats of Clay.".
- catalog title "Smashing pots : works of clay from Africa / Nigel Barley.".
- catalog type "text".