Traditional Water Pot Installations and Functions in Parts of Igboland, Southeast Nigeria

Traditional Water Pot Installations and Functions in Parts of Igboland, Southeast Nigeria




Traditional pottery production in Igboland was women's business just as it was in many other parts of Nigeria. It has been observed that Igbo women exhibited some high level of creativity both in the form and decoration of their traditional pottery. They also developed distinctive styles of pottery production, producing different kinds of earthenware, which included varieties of water pots used for cooking food and storing water around southeast Nigeria.