Nasekon, Nakiru and Akure uncovering pieces of wood and carrying them over to the shade of a tree for a day of chipping, cutting and chiselling in order to make apangach, akurum and elepit milk container on the day after travelling into the Morusipo hill range to collect wood.
Session
C002Rights owner
Samuel Frederick DerbyshireCultural group
TurkanaParticipants
Margaret Nakiru LopwenyaCountry
KenyaPlace
Morusipo, TurkanaItem/object
milk container (apangach, akurum and elepit)Materials
Wood-commiphora (Commiphora boviniana), ekwangorom, Wood-commiphora (Commiphora schimperi)Materials alt
edweiteCultural context/event
General productionSocial group setting
Craftspeople working togetherLocation
HomeTemporality
Work begins mid morning and continues until dusk.This is a single stage in a process of production that usually takes several weeks, or even months to complete.Date of creation
2020-02-12Unique ID
2019LG02-C002-0079
