Shaping the foot of a flower vase (glah pakao) in Krăngọ village 4/4 : polishing 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 polishes it using a kernel called plai kang.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

G22

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tạo hình chân bình hoa (glah pakao) ở làng Krăngọ 4/4 : đánh bóng chân

Description alt

Ma Ly đã tạo hình chân cho chiếc bình bằng đất sét tươi. Bây giờ bà ấy đánh bóng nó bằng hạt nhân gọi là plai kang.

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 – brunishing

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-G22-1283