Publication Date
Approx 1890
Publication Place
-
World Museum, Vienna
Subject
Baked pottery, pigments, shellac (clarified shellac)
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 46 سم ، العرض : 40 سم / الارتفاع : 49 سم ، العرض : 43 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
123.213 / 123.214
Record ID
object;EPM;at;Mus23;22;ar
Library Location
World Museum, Vienna
Date
Approx 1890
Notes
In North Africa, urban pottery production was an exclusive occupational field for male potters. The vessels made on wheels and glazed by them were manufactured in specialized workshops designated for sale. In rural areas, pottery making was almost entirely done at home, and people produced a wide variety of unglazed pottery vessels for domestic use, such as storage vessels and containers for food and liquids. Village women produced their pottery mainly to meet the needs of their families or for local exchange, which allowed them to obtain grains or other items by bartering with their neighbors, and they decorated their products with complex, interwoven geometric patterns associated with fertility and abundance. Currently, Moroccan ceramics handmade by women have disappeared.
Sample Text
"Oil Lamps" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;22;ar
