A woman mixes small pieces of fired clay (grog) with clay body by stamping on it. Mixing grog with the clay body will help the pot withstand the firing and repeated thermal stress of cooking. | 002-africa-photographer-2010_01258-irene-abdou-photography.jpg

A woman mixes small pieces of fired clay (grog) with clay body by stamping on it. Mixing grog with the clay body will help the pot withstand the firing and repeated thermal stress of cooking.
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