Nasekon begins the process of measuring the hide component of the akurum she is working on. Nakiru continues scraping the interior of an apangach with a perforated metal scraper.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
C002
Rights owner
Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Cultural group
Turkana
Participants
Nasekon Ekaale Louren, Margaret Nakiru Lopwenya
Country
Kenya
Place
Morusipo, Turkana
Item/object
milk container (apangach and akurum)
Techniques of production
Perforated, Scraped
Materials
Wood-commiphora (Commiphora schimperi), Eleu a aite, Skin-cow skin
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.