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With the pot in progress resting on a base made from a roll of fresh leaves, Nyakot-ka sticks the coils with her fingers on the inside of the body of the new pot that she is modelling. In the background of the picture we see another woman finishing the modelling of another pot.

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-D04-0936