Several weeks after first commencing work, Nakiru continues chipping away at a large ebur container. When its form is complete, she begins scraping it down to make it smooth. Akure works on the akaloboch spoon, also scraping it to make it smooth.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
C012
Rights owner
Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Cultural group
Turkana
Participants
Margaret Nakiru Lopwenya , Alice Akure, Loura Echuman Ekaale
Country
Kenya
Place
Moru Sipo, Turkana
Item/object
ebur oil/fat container, akaloboch spoon
Techniques of production
Cut-chip-cut, Chiselled, Scraped
Materials alt
Ekuruchanait
Social group setting
Craftspeople working together
Location
Home
Temporality
Work continues on the objects all day, from mid morning to dusk.