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With the help of the valve of a river mollusc, Nyanjo smoothes out a new coil that she has just placed on the rim of the new te ma pot while smoking her pipe. In the background, we can see Nyakot-ka drinking traditional beer from a cane in the traditional way of the Koman people.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D04

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Modelling a te ma pot

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Nyanjo Abäshiro, 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-D04-0949