These types of vessels with horned toads, tadpoles, frogs, or mythological creatures such as the Kolowisi or plumed serpents are referred to as pseudo-ceremonial bowls because they were often made for the emerging tourist trade during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, they are rooted in earlier authentic ceremonial vessels. The black-on-white design motif was often painted after firing-rather than in the traditional way of applying the paint before firing.
