Vintage Shona Pot - 61.1 The Queen rocks and cacti to create

rocks and cacti to create an authentic arid landscape

then carry it back to the artisan’s local village

made from rattan worked into intricate knotwork rather than glued

Raised on carved legs

Vintage Shona Pot - 61.1 The Queen rocks and cacti to createA hand built earthenware pot from the Shona people of Zimbabwe, known in Shona as a hari. Pots like this were traditionally made by women and sat at the centre of domestic life serving food and drink and storing dry foodstuffs. The neck and shoulder are incised with geometric patterns, the clay hand burnished and finished with graphite and red oxide, then hardened in open pits fired with dry cow dung (ndove), which gives the surface its smoky, earthy