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Nyakot-ka carefully turns the te ma pot with both hands in order to be able to continue applying the roulette decoration with the braided cord on the outside of the rim.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D04

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Decorating a te ma 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-D04-0943