Far more important than pottery was the production of salt from sea water for sale to northern markets. According to Dei oral traditions, it was principally their wealth from salt boiling that attracted other groups to join them.
Important salt boiling towns were located along the beach from the mouth of the St. Paul to Cape Mount. They included Duojena, Dugbei, Gakpoja and Mbaanwoin.
Footnote: Bureau of Folkways, 1955, pp. 50, 53.
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