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Loading the motorbike for distribution of the newly cooked pottery in Quế An Village (1/3)

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:37 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
The potter, Võ Thị Sương, is loading a wheelbarrow to transport the pots from the backyard to the courtyard where she is going to load her motorbike to ditribute the pots.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Q51

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Chất đồ gốm mới được nung lên xe máy để mang đi bán/phân phối, tại làng Quế An (1/3)

Description alt

Người thợ gốm Võ Thị Sương đang chất những chiếc nồi lên một chiếc xe cút kít để vận chuyển từ sân sau ra sân trước, nơi bà ấy chất chúng lên chiếc xe máy của mình để mang đi bán/phân phát.

Cultural group

Kinh

Participants

Võ Thị Sương

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Quế An, Quế Sơn district, Quảng Nam Province

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

Location

Backyard

Temporality

That day, the potter when to distribute part of the pottery just after unloading the kiln. Sometimes she can wait for 1 day to deliver the products. Some clients also come directly to the workshop to take them, usually 1 or 2 days after the firing.

Date of creation

2023-04-26

Unique ID

2020SG03-Q51-0144

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