Face Jugs In American Culture

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Pottery started at least 2,000 years ago. Pottery at first was not considered a religious thing, but later turned into a very religious symbol by black slaves. They created Face jugs in order to scare the devil away. Black slaves all practiced voodoo, in which face jugs symbolized their practices. The on to white potters, whom also made face jugs, needed to keep their businesses running. So they sold the face jugs to tourists. Also, the prohibition was going on at the time, so they used face jugs to hide and store moonshine. And, they needed to scare little children from getting into the alcohol. Next, Mitchell Grafton is the most know potter today. He is known for his imagination in each of his pieces. And for the originality put into each piece.

Black slaves practiced pottery because of their strong voodoo religion. They needed tombstones, for real tombstones weren’t allowed for their use of them. They made “Ugly Jugs” to scare the devil away from the graves. They set personal items along with face jugs on the graves of their loved ones. Lastly, when slaves came to America, they had a belief in the Devil, which is where the voodoo came from, and thus made the jugs as a symbol of their religion. …show more content…
They then created face jugs to sell to tourists. They thought that the tourists would be intrigued by the face jugs that they would tell others about them. Which would bring even more business to them. Also, during this time the prohibition was going on. This is when moonshine and bootlegging first appeared. People needed a way to hide and store the moonshine, so they used face jugs for this as well. Another use of the face jugs storing moonshine, was to deep children away from the alcohol. The face jugs were supposed to scare the children, so they wouldn’t want to peer inside the jug and find the
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