A short stop-off on the tour to Monte Alban was to a little village - San Bartolo Coyotepec - famous for its black clay pottery.
Decorated and polished (not glazed) black pottery spheres
Large vase; angel
Pottery-making demonstration: the "wheel" is not mechanical - it is literally two plates (one large, underneath, a smaller one holding the piece on top) resting on top of each other, spun by hand. Amazingly skilled potters!
Demonstrating how the pottery is polished to give it a black metallic-like sheen before being fired
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