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    • Polishing with water and polishing stone

    • Polishing with water and polishing stone

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • "Rough" polishing with water and polishing stone to smooth the surface before pot has dried. Actual polishing is done after pot has dried.
    • Winnowing

    • Winnowing

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • "Winnowing" sand to remove remaining bigger particles at kitchen ramada next to family church.
    • Pots that have been fired

    • Pots that have been fired

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • A look at the pots that have been fired.
    • Using the original lid

    • Using the original lid

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • After discarding the second washtub as a lid, Rupert takes the metal sheet he used as a lid before.
    • Using fingernail to mark pot

    • Using fingernail to mark pot

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • After making a red line around the rim, Rupert makes a line about 10 cm below the rim by scratching it with his fingernail.
    • Wood being added to the fire

    • Wood being added to the fire

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • After placing the lid on the washtub, Rupert throws some wood on top of it to distribute the heat.
    • Pulling the oven off the coals

    • Pulling the oven off the coals

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • After the firing, which lasts about 45 minutes, Rupert pulls the oven out of the coals.
    • Rolling up the last of the clay

    • Rolling up the last of the clay

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • After the third batch of mixed clay, Rupert rolls up the last clay from the cloth.
    • Pots drying in the sun

    • Pots drying in the sun

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • All pots are drying in the sun. The two larger ones are drying for a short while before their necks are attached.
    • All the pots are drying

    • All the pots are drying

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • All the pots are set out to dry.
    • Unevenness of black paint

    • Unevenness of black paint

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • Although the black paint appears uneven, it will become evenly black later in the hot coals.
    • Applying the black paint

    • Applying the black paint

    • Teiwes, Helga

    • Ceramics; Tohono O'odham artists; Tohono O'odham pottery; Indian pottery

    • Applying the black design after the pot has been fired.

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