Forming the rim of the cooking pot by hand in Kon Tơ Xing village 2/2

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:34 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen

Y Gah has attached a second coil to the pot. She is now starting to form the rim by pinching the edge.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

K27

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tạo hình vành nồi bằng tay, tại làng Kon Tơ Xing 2/2

Description alt

Y Gah gắn cuộn dây sét thứ hai vào nồi. Bây giờ bà ấy đang bắt đầu tạo hình vành nồi bằng tay.

Cultural group

Bahnar

Participants

Y Gah

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Kon Tơ Xing, Kon Rẫy District, Gia Lai province

Item/object

Cooking pot (Gŏ)

Techniques of production

Pottery – modeling by pinching

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Teh lơn (Bahnar for clay), Gŏ (Bahnar for pottery)

Museum name

British Museum

Museum collections documentation

2025,3002.4

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Backyard

Date of creation

2023-09-03

Unique ID

2020SG03-K27-0553