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Making pot in Yang Tao village : Fashioning a jar (yang)

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:34 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
Yo Khoanh has elevated the walls of the pot. Using her left hand as a support on the inside, she scrapes the outside of the pot with her fingertips while turning backward around the support, creating diagonal lines all around the pot. This action is called “pôi”.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Y23

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Làm đồ gốm ở xã Yang Tao : Chế tác một chiếc ché (yang)

Description alt

Yo Khoanh đã nâng cao phần thành ché. Dùng tay trái để đỡ ở bên trong, bà ấy dùng đầu ngón tay cào bên ngoài của chiếc ché trong khi đi lùi xung quanh giá đỡ, tạo ra các đường chéo xung quanh ché. Hành động này được gọi là “poi”.

Cultural group

Mnong Rlam

Participants

H’Phiêt Uông (Yo Khoanh)

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Yang Tao, Lắk District, Đắk Lắk province

Item/object

Jar (yang)

Techniques of production

Pottery – modeling by drawing

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Uk (Mnong for clay), Dlah (Mnong for pottery)

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Courtyard

Intent

This action both regularises the surface and erases the junctions between the attached parts.

Date of creation

2023-07-27

Unique ID

2020SG03-Y23-0509

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