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Once Nyakot-ka has arrived at her compound, she has placed the clay lump extracted from the quarrying site in the forest in a vessel for storing fresh water (ti ji). In this way, it will retain its moisture until the next day, when she will be modelling a new piece of pottery. After finishing the task, we can see how she washes the clay remains from her hands.

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-D04-0928