Pottery Paddle
Item number Ia66 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Ia66 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Hardwood, varnished, flat paddle that is thicker in depth at the handle end which flares outward and then tapers back to a point. Blade tapers to a rounded paddle end. Hole at the angled handle end. Centre of the handle end tapers both to the paddle and to the handle ends.
Used in shaping coiled pottery. Pot is roughly shaped using cylindrical coils, pressed and patted into shape when pot is leather hard, the paddle is pounded on the outside while a pear or mushroom-shaped form is counter-pressed on the inside. Final smoothing with damp cloth, metal template sometimes used for further scraping the exterior. Pots are dried in the sun and low-fired in a pit with wood or straw fire built over top.
Used for pottery shaping.
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Used for pottery shaping.
Hardwood, varnished, flat paddle that is thicker in depth at the handle end which flares outward and then tapers back to a point. Blade tapers to a rounded paddle end. Hole at the angled handle end. Centre of the handle end tapers both to the paddle and to the handle ends.
Used in shaping coiled pottery. Pot is roughly shaped using cylindrical coils, pressed and patted into shape when pot is leather hard, the paddle is pounded on the outside while a pear or mushroom-shaped form is counter-pressed on the inside. Final smoothing with damp cloth, metal template sometimes used for further scraping the exterior. Pots are dried in the sun and low-fired in a pit with wood or straw fire built over top.
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