Nowadays, in the Mapuche territory a large variety of pottery is still manufactured. The most Known Metawes has simple line and natural colors . In the past, Ptirèn, represented the degree of development reached by this art before the arrival of the conquers .

The Mapuche pottery are slowly disappearing by lack of use. They distinguish various stylistic, but generally they are asymmetrical with shapes of ducks or frogs, some with eyes "coffe grain" tipe, cups like vasses and plates. But we have to stand out the pieces called "effigy dishes", with clays natural colour. Some represent human beings or objects such as "duck-dishes" or "frog-dishes", posibly linked to "ngenko", "the owner of the waters" . between the pottery objects that represent human beings, we stand out various pieces that represent a standing pregnant woman with her hands hugging or touching her womb, in clear allusion to the idea of fecundity.