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Name of the turntable used to make pot in Quê An village

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:18 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
Võ Thị Sương says the name of the turntable that she uses to make pottery. She calls it “cái chuay”, althout the word “chuay” has no related meaning (cái being the classifier for objects).

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q61

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tên của chiếc bàn xoay dùng để làm nồi ở làng Quê An .

Description alt

Võ Thị Sương cho biết tên của chiếc bàn xoay mà bà ấy dùng để làm đồ gốm. Bà ấy gọi nó là “cái chuay”.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Võ Thị Sương

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Quế An, Quế Sơn district, Quảng Nam Province

Item/object

Turntable (Cái chuay)

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Đất sét (vietnamese for clay), Đất núng (vietnamese for pottery ; literal. "earth cooked")

Cultural context/event

General production

Date of creation

2024-04-26

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q61-1488

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