ABSTRACT
Pottery is made by women in most of the larger settlements both for local domestic use and for the markets. At Abeokuta, Ilorin, Ibadan etc., it is carried out in extensive potters* quarters. The principal forms are bowls, water jars, cooking hearths and large dye vats. The pottery is all made without the use of the potters' wheel, being built up by the coiling process or by beating over a mould. For the dye vats a combination of these techniques is employed. After sun-drying, the vessels are burnt in an open fire and never glazed. Ornamentation is done by incising, impress ing or painting with red slip. Black ware is also produced by a damped down smoky fire.(l) House construction is briefly described on p.15.
