Next to a stone-walled house of the Fur we can see four girbas. The girbas are water containers made of goat skin. However the girbas on the photo are used for carrying cereals.
Village near Kutum in Northern Darfur.
Photo: Randi Haaland, 1978
Category Archives: Water
Photo 67 – UBB-HAA-344
Fur women are fetching water from a shallow pond by means of calabashes (Fur: “kere”) and pouring it into clay pots (Fur: “tawu”) that they carry on their heads back to the village. Activities connected with food preparation like grinding grains, collecting firewood, fetching water (Fur: “koro”) are considered female work.
Lower Wadi Azum, Western Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1965
Photo 74 – UBB-HAA-168
Two Fur women are carrying water in ceramic pots (Fur: “tawu”) back to their village.
Jebel Si, Northern Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1969
