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| Paper Number : CE-O03 |
| Time Frame : 16:45~17:00 |
| Presentation Date : Friday, 28, November |
| Session Name : Ceramics Culture and Education |
| Session Chair 1# : Woo-Seok Cho |
| Session Chair 2# : Toyohiko Sugiyama |
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| The skill of Traditional Clay Pot Making in Kgatleng District |
| Kang Tae-Chun |
| Korea National University of Cultural Heritage |
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Keywords: UNESCO, Botwna Kgatleng, manufacturer's standpoint, pottery.
UNESCO registered the method of Africa Botwana Kgatleng district on the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection. I would like to investigate the method of this place in the manufacturer's standpoint. This study has its focus on describing general pottery production method, based on the pottery-production images and slides on producing Botswana Kgatleng district pottery production made by UNESCO.
The residents in Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela, which is located to the south-eastern end of Botswana, have been making pottery by using their distinct method. In the stage of gathering clay for making pottery, master-potters ask for the advice of their ancestors by meditating with a view to making the most ideal pottery.
Afterwards, after grinding the gathered sandstone and clayey soil into powder by using a pestle, the powder is mixed and kneaded. Pottery is made by slab-building from the center toward the edge by using hand, fixed by using wooden scoop, and polished.
The method of Kgatleng districe is a good example of the original way of pottery production. |
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