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Nyakot-ka walks towards her compound, carrying on her head the clay lump extracted from the forest deposit, protected by freshly cut leaves.

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-D04-0927