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Making a pot to keep water (dlah gang dak) in Yang Tao village : decorating the pot 1

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:36 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
After she has polished the pot for the first time, Yo Khoanh is using a small stick of bamboo (mong mai dlah) to draw lines around the neck of the pot.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Y24

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Làm bình đựng (dlah gang dak) ở xã Yang Tao : trang trí bình 1

Description alt

Sau khi đánh bóng lần đầu chiếc bình, Yo Khoanh đang dùng một que tre nhỏ (mong mai dlah) để vẽ những đường nét quanh cổ bình.

Cultural group

Mnong Rlam

Participants

H’Phiêt Uông (Yo Khoanh)

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Yang Tao, Lắk District, Đắk Lắk province

Item/object

Pot to keep water (Dlah gang dak)

Techniques of production

Incised

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Uk (Mnong for clay), Dlah (Mnong for pottery)

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Courtyard

Temporality

At this point, the pot has dried for 71h after it has been made, during the rainy season.

Date of creation

2023-07-27

Unique ID

2020SG03-Y24-0337

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