The Zulu People's Discovery Is True! Zulu Clay Pots & Beer Pots Are Here To Stay...
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This is the most tradition ornament you can ever own. Used through out African countries, but still has that unique sense of ownership to the Zulu people. The clay pot is called "inkamba" in Zulu and clay in is "ibumba" Its time for you to own a clay pot and a beer pot
In
the good olden Zulu days, the clay pot was used for cooking food and
drinking "umqombothi", it is one of the most respected zulu craft
that stood the taste of time.
The making of a Zulu Clay Pot
The way in which a clay pot is made it still has not changed, you mix clay with water and form it in an open ball position, the walls of the clay have to be rolled from a long clay string.
When the pots are finished they are put in a sunlight place to dry for a week before the baking process, baking the clay pots is what makes the clay pot to come out as you see them on the market stores, so yes, it is the crucial point for this pots to come out as best as they should. They bake the pots in a ground hole with leaves, the fire is set using wood and dried cattle dung.
Zulu women making clay pots and beer pots
Zulu
women are the ones involved in making clay pots, gracefully they
have not been stingy with the skill, they have gone as far as
teaching other cultures to make these pots. Making clay pots its the
career of most Zulu women, because some have gone as far as raising
their kids on the money they make from the art of pottery.
See some of the places where Zulu women are making business for themselves, by selling their own hand made clay pots
Nkandla , Ulundi , Mhlathuze and Umlalazi in Kwazullu Natal
There is so much that goes into the making of pottery especially clay pots. After the pots have been baked for a certain period of time, they are taken out, left to cool down a bit, then stone is used to polish the surface with adipose, sieves soot and the use of a special kind of leave to give it that special look. This is a lot of work! But the work is divided amongst other women, so each one of them specialise in a different skill in making pottery. Find out about the clay flower pots
If you are wondering about the colour of the clay pots and
thinking maybe an extreme colour is been used? there answer is no!
Clay pots get their fascinating colour from the baking process
because of the kind of material used for fire.
The clay pots reminds me of a song sang by the Princess of Africa, Yvonne Chaka Chaka "Wema Dlamini uphi umqombothi", The video is shot in KwaZulu Natal and with lots of Zulu men sitting in a circle and Yvonne is serving the beer in a beerpot . In those olden days b eer was specially made for King Shaka and his officials to enjoy during meeting and functions.
Don't you think its time you owned your own Zulu clay pot and beer pot now! If so please fill in the form below and our zulu art consultancy will get your order. The above images represent the kind of clay pots we sell