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Preforming a bowl/lid in Kon Tơ Xing village : scraping the walls

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posted on 2025-10-31, 11:33 authored by Cécile de FrancquenCécile de Francquen
This phase of the preforming takes place after a long drying phase, so that the clay has a leather-hard consistency. Y Gah has already shaped the bottom of the pot. She is now using a ring (of around 5cm in diameter) made of a thin slice of bamboo , called kong, to scrape the inside of the bowl. This action makes the walls thinner and the pot lighter

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

K32

Rights owner

Cécile de Francquen

Title alt

Tạo hình chiếc bát/nắp ở làng Kon Tơ Xing : cạo thành

Description alt

Giai đoạn định hình diễn ra một thời gian lâu sau một giai đoạn sấy khô, để đất sét có độ cứng như da. Y Gah đã tạo hình sẵn phần đáy nồi. Hiện giờ bà ấy đang dùng một chiếc vòng (đường kính khoảng 5cm) làm từ một miếng tre mỏng, gọi là kong, để cạo bên trong bát. Hành động này làm cho thành bát mỏng hơn và bát cũng nhẹ hơn

Cultural group

Bahnar

Participants

Y Gah

Country

Viet Nam

Place

Kon Tơ Xing, Kon Rẫy District, Gia Lai province

Item/object

Lid/Bowl (Klơ đơ̆p)

Techniques of production

Pottery – preforming by shaving

Materials

Mineral-clay, Ceramic-pottery

Materials alt

Teh lơn (Bahnar for clay), Gŏ (Bahnar for pottery)

Museum name

British Museum

Museum collections documentation

2025,3002.5

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Courtyard

Temporality

The bottom of the pot has to be shaped after a drying time. It can be done only on a clay that is hard enough to be manipulated without losing its shape but still flexible enough to modify that shape.

Intent

This action, called “kôih” (to peel, shave) in Bahnar, makes the walls more regular and the pot lighter.

Date of creation

2023-09-09

Unique ID

2020SG03-K32-0641

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