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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.<p></p>

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