Having collected wood from the Morusipo hill range, and hewn out the basic shapes of apangach, elepit and akurum milk container, Nakiru and Akure continue scraping and carving at home. They are joined by Akwee, who is carving an atubwa bowl.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
C002
Rights owner
Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Cultural group
Turkana
Participants
Margaret Nakiru Lopwenya , Alice Akure, Akwee Ekomolo Akelerio , Lucas Ekamais Lowasa
Country
Kenya
Place
Morusipo, Turkana
Item/object
milk container (apangach, akurum and elepit), bowl (atubwa)
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.