posted on 2023-11-30, 18:55authored byJoseph Ekidor Nami
Several weeks after collecting the wood and beginning the crafting process, Ewar continues work on an ekichielong made from elim. Having finished scraping, he buries a piece of goat skin for use the following day.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
C003
Rights owner
Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Cultural group
Turkana
Participants
Ewar Emeri Kulany
Country
Kenya
Place
Morusipo, Turkana
Item/object
Headrest/stool (ekichielong)
Techniques of production
Buried
Materials
Wood-persimmon (Diospyros scabra), Eleu a akine, Skin-goat skin
Materials alt
Elim
Cultural context/event
General production
Social group setting
Craftsperson at work alone
Location
Home
Temporality
The form of ekichielong made by Ewar on this occasion is more or less ubiquitous across Turkana today. In the deeper past, other forms of ekichielong were made, such as those reffered to as emakuk and aporokocho in contemporary times. Neither of these two past forms of headrest/stool are common today.