Nakiru works on an ebur, chipping its outer shape, when she is finished, Akure begins chiselling out its hollow interior. Nakiru then begins work on a large atubwa wooden bowl, used in Asapan ceremonies to contain and mix blood with milk, oil and (in more recent years) sugar. She hews its rough shape with a machete, then she works slowly chipping away its oyter layer. By the end of the day, the form of the atubwa is clear.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
C012
Rights owner
Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Cultural group
Turkana
Participants
Margaret Nakiru Lopwenya , Alice Akure, Lorot Ekaale
Country
Kenya
Place
Moru Sipo, Turkana
Item/object
ebur oil/fat container, atubwa bowl
Techniques of production
Cut-chip-cut
Materials alt
Ekuruchanait
Social group setting
Craftspeople working together
Location
Home
Temporality
Work continues on the objects all day, from mid morning to dusk.