Smoothing the outside walls of a pot to steam sticky rice in Buôn Trấp village 2/2

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:20 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen

H’Lan Êban has shaped a pot to steam rice by coiling. She now smooths the outside of the pot using water and a slice of bamboo called k’nơr, to make the walls straight. In the background, H’Loan Bkrong is shaping the rim of a cooking pot.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

B26

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Làm nhẵn thành ngoài nồi hấp xôi ở Buôn Trấp 2/2

Description alt

H'Lan Êban đã tạo hình nồi hấp cơm bằng cách cuộn sét. Bây giờ bà ấy làm phẳng bên ngoài nồi bằng cách sử dụng nước và một lát tre gọi là k'nơr để làm thành nồi láng mịn. Ở phía sau, H'Loan Bkrong đang tạo hình thành viền nồi nấu.

Cultural group

Rade (Bih)

Participants

H’Lan Êban, H’Loan Bkrong

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Buôn Trấp, Krông Ana District, Province de Đắk Lắk

Item/object

Pots to steam sticky rice (k’bin (Bih)/ k’bi (rade))

Techniques of production

Pottery – smoothing (wet clay)

Materials

Mineral-clay

Materials alt

Lăn (Rade and Bih for clay)

Museum name

British Museum

Museum collections documentation

2025,3002.7 ; 2025,3002.8

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Courtyard

Date of creation

2023-07-30

Unique ID

2020SG03-B26-1166