Having finished carving the akaloboch spoon, Nakiru burns decorative patterns onto it. When finished, she also burns patterns onto a small ebur, made earlier in the crafting process.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
C012
Rights owner
Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Cultural group
Turkana
Participants
Margaret Nakiru Lopwenya
Country
Kenya
Place
Moru Sipo, Turkana
Item/object
ebur oil/fat container, akaloboch spoon
Techniques of production
Burned
Materials alt
Ekuruchanait
Social group setting
Craftspeople working together
Location
Home
Temporality
Work continues on the objects all day, from mid morning to dusk.