Nakiru and Akure begin the day by binding camel hide to the ebur container, using strips of doum palm. They then cut and tie on the rest of the object's leatherwork. When finished, they leave the ebur and continue work carving the atubwa. Several holes have appeared which will need filling.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
C012
Rights owner
Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Cultural group
Turkana
Participants
Margaret Nakiru Lopwenya , Alice Akure
Country
Kenya
Place
Moru Sipo, Turkana
Item/object
Atubwa bowl
Techniques of production
Carved
Materials alt
Ekuruchanait
Social group setting
Craftspeople working together
Location
Home
Temporality
Work continues on the objects all day, from mid morning to dusk.