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Shaping the foot of a flower vase (glah pakao) in Krăngọ village 3/4 : smoothing the foot

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:19 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
Ma Ly has shaped a foot to the vase, using fresh clay. She now rectifies the shape of the foot with a ring made of a thin slice of bamboo with both ends tied together, called a kơnur.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

G22

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tạo hình chân bình hoa (glah pakao) làng Krăngọ 3/4 : làm phẳng chân

Description alt

Ma Ly đã tạo hình chân cho chiếc bình bằng đất sét tươi. Bây giờ bà ấy sửa lại hình dáng của chân bình bằng một chiếc vòng làm bằng một thanh tre mỏng có hai đầu buộc lại với nhau, gọi là konur.

Cultural group

Koho (Chil)

Participants

Ma Ly

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Krăngọ, Pró, Đơn Dương District, Lâm Đồng province

Item/object

flower vase (glah pakao)

Techniques of production

Pottery – preforming by shaving

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

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

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Courtyard

Temporality

The foot is shaped with fresh clay on a pot that is almost completely dried, ater the polishing of the pot.

Date of creation

2023-08-07

Unique ID

2020SG03-G22-1282

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