Forming the rim of the cooking pot with a bamboo tool in Kon Tơ Xing village 3/3

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

Y Gah started to preform the rim by pinching it by hand. Now she continues the forming using a ring of bamboo, called "kong" to scrape the surface to give it its shape.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

K27

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tạo hình vành nồi bằng một dụng cụ bằng tre, tại làng Kon Tơ Xing 3/3

Description alt

Y Gah đã bắt đầu tạo hình vành nồi bằng tay. Bây giờ bà ấy tiếp tục tạo hình bằng cách sử dụng một chiếc vòng tre, gọi là "klong" để cạo bề mặt để tạo hình.

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 – preforming by pressure

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-K27-0556