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Making the pot’s walls even from the outside in Kon Tơ Xing village

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:34 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
Y Gah uses her right hand’s fingers to scratch the outer surface of the pot in order to close up the cracks that appears when she pushes out the walls. It also helps to even the thickness of the walls.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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Session

K26

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Thành nồi nhìn từ bên ngoài, tại làng Kon Tơ Xing

Description alt

Y Gah dùng ngón tay phải của mình cào lên bề mặt ngoài của nồi nhằm xóa đi những vết nứt xuất hiện khi bà đẩy thành nồi ra. Hành động này cũng giúp làm đều độ dày của thành nồi.

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-K26-0544

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