| Description |
1 online resource (527 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Orthography -- 1. Marks of Identity Heritage Matters -- 2. Identity Matters Griot Potters and Their Clients in the Folona -- 3. Mapping Identities Potters and Their Husbands -- 4. Technology Matters Making Pots in the Folona -- 5. Mapping Styles of Technology Chaînes Opératoires -- 6. Objects Matter Pots and Their Contexts in the Folona -- 7. Mapping Pots Function, Form, Design, and Distribution -- 8. Alternative Histories -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
While the women may have nominally given up their mothers' identities through marriage, over the generations the potters preserved their maternal heritage through their technological style, passing this knowledge on to their daughters |
| Notes |
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Subject |
Women potters -- Mali
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Pottery -- Africa, West
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Women potters -- Africa, West
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Pottery
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Women potters
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Mali
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West Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253058973 |
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025305897X |
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9780253058980 |
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0253058988 |
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