Whithin all the rich and varied craftmanship works in Fuerteventura pottery, since it dates back to the aboriginal culture, surely is the most ancient and the one with the greatest tradition among the islanders.

Pottery was introduced to the island by the Majos -the ancient inhabitants of the island- from Northen Africa. The main features of the aboriginal pottery -which is always handcrafted- are its egg-shaped forms, their conical and straight bases and their decorative patterns carved on the sides, which are usually straight lines or dots. With the arrival of the conquistadores and their new artefacts, the aboriginal decorative motifs began to decline giving way to the Traditional pottery, which brought new shapes and sizes for the manufactured goods and an absence of any carved patterns -one of the most distinctive features of the aboriginal pottery-. Nevertheless, many reminiscences of these aboriginal motifs are still present in today's pottery.

Most of this work was carried out entirely by women, who would make all household goods themselves. The potter would start by gathering the raw material needed to do the job, which usually was far away from the workhouse. Once the clay was transported to the workhouse it needed to be processed prior to its manufacture:it would be dried under the sun -since clay found in the Canaries tends to absorve great quantities of water due to its volcanic origin-and left to "rest" for a couple of days. In order to dissemble any possible defects such as cracks, a certain amount of sand had to be added to the clay. These sands could not be taken from the beaches but from the ravines, since the salt eventually disolves and ruins the clay. The origin of the Majorera pottery can be traced back to the Algerian Neolithic and relate it to the one produced in the Atlantic coast of Morocco. One of the most representative artefacts of the aboriginal pottery was the tabajoste, a kind of vessel used to carry milk, water, dates or animal fat.

Nowadays traditional artefacts and patterns can still be seen, such as, stoves, tofios, hoes and so many other tools used by farmers.

Information provided by the Touristic Office of the Patronato de Turismo de Fuerteventura.