Having spent weeks crafting akurum and apangach milk container, Nasekon, Nakiru and Akure decorate them. The camel dung is ground on a grinding stone and mixed with ash and the blood collected earlier by Nakiru, before being carefully applied to the newly made containers.
Session
C002Rights owner
Samuel Frederick DerbyshireCultural group
TurkanaParticipants
Margaret Nakiru Lopwenya , Nasekon Ekaale LourenCountry
KenyaPlace
Morusipo, TurkanaItem/object
milk container (apangach and akurum)Techniques of production
Scraped, PaintedMaterials
Ochre, Ngachin a ekal, Akimet a ekal, Animal-camel dung, Animal-camel fatMaterials alt
EmunyenCultural context/event
General productionSocial group setting
Craftspeople working togetherLocation
HomeTemporality
This is a single stage in a process of production that usually takes several weeks, or even months to complete. The red ochre used on this day was collected several days previously. Families often keep a supply of red ochre at home for use on such occasions, and for bodily decoration (particularly of young girls and women).Date of creation
2020-02-27Unique ID
2019LG02-C002-0249
