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Nyakot-ka piles the clay extracted from the quarrying site into a lump and prepares it for transport to her compound, where the next day she will make a new piece of pottery.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D04

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Collecting the raw material for making a pot: clay

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Nyakot-ka Wale

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Te ma

Materials

Clay

Cultural context/event

Domestic

Social group setting

Family

Location

Cooking area

Date of creation

2021-08-06

Unique ID

2019LG07-D04-0923