Nasekon, Nakiru and Akure chopping pieces of wood into rough shapes on the first rest stop on the way down from a journey into the hills to collect commiphora woods for the construction of elepit, akurum and apangach milk container.
Session
C002Rights owner
Samuel Frederick DerbyshireCultural group
TurkanaParticipants
Margaret Nakiru Lopwenya , Nasekon Ekaale Louren, Alice AkureCountry
KenyaPlace
Morusipo, TurkanaItem/object
milk container (akurum and elepit)Techniques of production
Cut-chip-cutMaterials
Wood-commiphora (Commiphora boviniana), ekwangorom, Wood-commiphora (Commiphora schimperi)Materials alt
edweiteCultural context/event
Resource collectionSocial group setting
Craftspeople working togetherLocation
BushTemporality
To reach the location of the woods required it is necessary to leave the women's homesteads early and trek for several hours. On the way up, the group stop once at a natural spring (roughly 10 am), to drink and bathe. The wood is collected between midday and 1.30 pm. On the way back down, the group stop twice, once in the early afternoon (roughly 2. 30 pm) and once in the mid afternoon (roughly 3-4 pm). On both stops they sit and begin crafting shapes out of the pieces of wood that have been collected. Having left home (at the foot of the hills) shortly after dawn, the group returns again at dusk.Date of creation
2020-02-11Unique ID
2019LG02-C002-0067
