Having finished carving the atubwa bowl, Nakiru burns decorative patterns into it. The hole that has emerged will later be filled with a mixture of ash and blood.<p></p>
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
Atubwa bowl
Techniques of production
Burned
Materials alt
Ekuruchanait
Social group setting
Craftspeople working together
Location
Home
Temporality
Work continues throughout the late morning and early afternoon.