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Nyakot-ka has begun the process of shaping a pot for cooking the sauce (te xas). In the picture we can see how she is separating the large lump of clay into smaller pieces, which she kneads with her wet hands, and stacks them on a sack on the ground.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D04

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Modelling a te xas pot

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

2021-08-07

Unique ID

2019LG07-D04-0930