Making pots in Yang Tao village : decorating a dlah pay, cooking pot for soup

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:35 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen

Before preforming the bottom of her dlah pay, 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

Y21

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Làm nồi ở xã Yang Tao : trang trí dlah pay, nấu nồi canh

Description alt

Trước khi tạo hình đáy nồi dlah pay, Yo Khoanh dùng một thanh tre nhỏ (mong mai dlah) để vẽ những đường quanh cổ nồi.

Cultural group

Mnong Rlam

Participants

H’Lưm Uông (Mai Kim)

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Yang Tao, Lắk District, Đắk Lắk province

Item/object

Pot to cook soup (Dlah pay)

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 6hours after it has been made (sunny season)

Date of creation

2023-03-18

Unique ID

2020SG03-Y21-0346