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Description
Pottery made by Senegalese women of the blacksmith caste. Competition from manufactured products has led to an innovative reorganisation of their activity: pottery with sophisticated shapes and shiny decorations now rub shoulders with traditional pottery, still using the ancestral know-how.
This photo taken by Bruno Diomaye Faye is selected for the LeidenGlobal Photo Exhibition: Crafting Cultures 2022.
https://www.leidenglobal.org/highlight/opening-leidenglobal-photo-exhibi...
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HAB-1-571686402
Credits / copyrights
This photo was taken by Bruno Diomaye Faye.
