Barro Negro -- Black Pottery

San Bartolo Coyotepec can be identified as the most prominent pottery producing town in Oaxaca. The potters in Coyotepec continue to use traditional methods of turning pots without using wheels; a prehispanic inheritance. The completion of a pot can take up to one month due to the time consumption of molding, decorating, drying and baking the pots. The black color from the pots depends on the time baked.