Vintage Indonesian Terracotta Sasak Pottery Earthenware Pot/Vase

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This is a terracotta pot/vase hand formed with coils of terracotta clay found in the hills above the village of … more This is a terracotta pot/vase hand formed with coils of terracotta clay found in the hills above the village of Sasak. The pottery is fired using rice hulls and straw giving the pots their black markings. Once widely produced by women throughout the island of Lombok in Indonesia, pottery is now the main industry of three Sasak villages. The pottery industry has boomed since the 1990s with the help of government economic development initiatives. less