Majapahit Terracotta
Okay kiddo, have you ever played with clay before? Well, the people who lived in a place called Majapahit a long time ago also liked to make things out of clay. They made really cool things like statues and pots out of a special kind of clay called terracotta.
Can you say "terra-cotta"? It's made from baked clay that comes from the earth. When the people in Majapahit made things out of terracotta, they would shape the clay into whatever they wanted and then bake it in a special oven called a kiln. This would make it really hard and strong, like a rock!
The people in Majapahit used the terracotta to make things for their everyday life, like cups and plates, but they also made really beautiful statues and carvings for temples and palaces. These pieces are now very valuable and are important to historians and archaeologists because they help us understand what life was like a long time ago in Majapahit.
So, that's basically what Majapahit terracotta is – it's just fancy baked clay that people in a special place called Majapahit used to make really cool stuff a long time ago. Do you have any more questions about it?
Can you say "terra-cotta"? It's made from baked clay that comes from the earth. When the people in Majapahit made things out of terracotta, they would shape the clay into whatever they wanted and then bake it in a special oven called a kiln. This would make it really hard and strong, like a rock!
The people in Majapahit used the terracotta to make things for their everyday life, like cups and plates, but they also made really beautiful statues and carvings for temples and palaces. These pieces are now very valuable and are important to historians and archaeologists because they help us understand what life was like a long time ago in Majapahit.
So, that's basically what Majapahit terracotta is – it's just fancy baked clay that people in a special place called Majapahit used to make really cool stuff a long time ago. Do you have any more questions about it?