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Nyanjo softly finishes off with her fingers the joint of the last coil she has just placed on the rim of the te ma pot she has just modelled. After this, she will finish smoothing the work with the river mollusc valve that can be seen inside the pot.

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

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-D04-0952