Karamoja women carrying jars.
“a White Father talking to a group of local children. Behind them is a typical example of the buildings of the area, constructed of dried mud.”
From: “Exploring Africa and Asia” 1973
“Diver 120 feet down inspects a jumble of am-phorae, or wine jars, spilled from a Greek merchantman that sank about 230 B.C. near Massalia (modern Marseille). In 1952 the National Geographic— Calypso Marine Archeological Expedition began salvaging some 3,000 amphorae from the cargo. Calypso (left) anchors: above the site off Grand Congloue Island.”
From: “World beneath the sea” by Dugan, James; 1967.
John Cochran and Herb Greer.
“Substituting air for brawn, divers recover ages-old cargo near Turkey. The balloon lifts a sea-welded mass of copper ingots and bronze tools from the oldest shipwreck known — a Bronze Age trading vessel that sank in 90 feet of water off Cape Gelidonya 32 centuries ago. Buoyed by air from a diver's Aqua-Lung, the amphora (be-low), part of a wine shipment lost near Yassi Island, will rocket to the surface when released.”
From: “World beneath the sea” by Dugan, James; 1967.
A water boy of Athens. c.1922
Dan stat and his Peruvian whistling pot.
From: “South American Explorer No.4” by SAEC; 1979-04.
“Huari potsherd (Photo: David Fleming).”
From: “South American Explorer No.8” by SAEC; 1981-08.
“burial urn with family on lid, circa A.D. 1200, from the lower Magdalena River Valley, Colombia. Gift of Estelle Wolf to the Denver Art Museum, Smooker Memorial.”
From: “South American Explorer No.30” by SAEC; 1991-11.
“Boy carrying a jar. Figurine from Colima. About actual size. Private collection, Barcelona.”
From: “The art of terracotta pottery in pre-Columbian Central and South America” by Wuthenau, Alexander von; 1970.
“Yanagi Soetsu and Bernard Leach observing Shoji Hamada, likely around 1952. Ken Turner Pottery.”
Photographer unknown
“Water monsters with boatmen. Two Mochica vases, about A.D. 500. The vase at right represents a fish-filled serpent.”
From: “the mythology of South America” by Bierhost, John; 1988.
“Mountain scene with feline god and worshippers. Mochica vase, about A.D. 500. Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin.”
From: “the mythology of South America” by Bierhost, John; 1988.
“Abdulla making a tall vase, shape in early stage.”
From: “pottery in India” by Gurcharan Singh; 1979.
“Abdulla and Gurcharan Singh” c.1956
From: “pottery in India” by Gurcharan Singh; 1979.
“Typical Kangra horses in terracotta”
From: “pottery in India” by Gurcharan Singh; 1979.
“Pottery on display in a local fair, Salyana, Kangra.”
From: “pottery in India” by Gurcharan Singh; 1979.
“HAKATA DOLL: A Spoilt Child”
“Hakata Ningyo Doll Fukouka Pref Japan”
Jisr Al-Qadi - An Artisan modeling a jug in his shop. c.1970
Photo By George F. Mobley.
Potters at work in Beit Chabeb, Lebanon.
ph by: Roger Moukarzel