It is traditionally a woman’s craft in Zimbabwe, where every rural homestead will have the hand-built pots which are used each day for cooking, serving traditional beer, storing and carrying water. The colours of the burned pots range from a rich ochre through terracotta to biscuit, with patterns incised and sometimes highlighted with powdered limestone. The range is as follows:
1. Tonga traditional beer pot
2. Shona beer pot
3. Plain graphite jug with lid
4. Guinea fowl flower vase
5. Terracotta and graphite pfuko
6. Terracotta and graphite stacking pots
7. Tsopotwe beer/water gourd