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Women of Morusipo crafting milk container at home

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posted on 2023-11-30, 18:55 authored by Samuel DerbyshireSamuel Derbyshire
Nasekon punctures holes around an area to be repaired on an akurum.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

C002

Rights owner

Samuel Frederick Derbyshire

Cultural group

Turkana

Participants

Nasekon Ekaale Louren

Country

Kenya

Place

Morusipo, Turkana

Item/object

Milk container (akurum)

Techniques of production

Perforated

Materials

Wood-commiphora (Commiphora schimperi)

Materials alt

ekwangorom

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Craftspeople working together

Location

Home

Temporality

This is a single stage in a process of production that usually takes several weeks, or even months to complete.

Date of creation

2020-02-23

Unique ID

2019LG02-C002-0173

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    Milk containerrepairakurumholescow hide

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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