Preforming the bottom of a cooking pot (góh dam) in Krăngọ village : Smoothing the bottom 2/2

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:19 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen

Ma Ly has given the bottom of the cooking pot its round shape. She now smooths it with her hands and water she also spreads some clay to fill the cracks that appeared while pushing from the inside and to even out the surface.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

G31

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tạo hình đáy nồi (góh dam) ở làng Krăngọ : Làm phẳng 2/2 đáy nồi

Description alt

Ma Ly đã làm cho đáy nồi thành hình tròn. Bây giờ bà ấy làm láng nó bằng tay và nước, đồng thời rải một ít đất sét để lấp đầy các vết nứt xuất hiện trong khi đẩy ra từ bên trong và làm cân đối các bề mặt.

Cultural group

Koho (Chil)

Participants

Ma Ly, Bùi Bảo Ngân

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Krăngọ, Pró, Đơn Dương District, Lâm Đồng province

Item/object

Cooking pot (góh dam)

Techniques of production

Pottery – smoothing (wet clay)

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

U (Koho for clay), Gŏ (Koho for pottery)

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Courtyard

Temporality

Smoothing the outside of the bottom takes place at the end of the first phase of the preforming on leather hard clay. After that, the pot will be let to dry for some times.

Intent

This action makes the surface smooth and even.

Date of creation

2023-08-06

Unique ID

2020SG03-G31-1235