Earthenware Pot (Paiwan, Taiwan) |
Acquired by Jen, Shien-min (1958, Taiwu Township, Pingtung County), Collected by Museum of Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica Most Paiwan earthenware pots are unglazed and high fired, in round shape with either flat or slightly concave bottoms. Patterns are created by pressing or carving into the soft clay body, or by modeling relief forms onto the surface of the vessel. The pots are classified into male and female. Those with hundred-pacer snake patterns are male, and those with patterns on the shoulder or with nipple patterns are female. There are six types of Paiwan earthenware pots:
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