Attakar Pottery

Hand-building pottery in the Attakar community

Kaura, Southern Kaduna, Nigeria.

Mr. Tobias Nkom Wada, the paramount ruler of the Attakar community in Kaura Local Government Area of Southern Kaduna:

“Our ancestors were hunters. Besides, we had women experts who could make huge pots used for domestic purposes: storing water, different types of cooking, brewing wine, chilling water like a refrigerator, etc. Our women were famous; they sold pots everywhere in the country.”