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Group discussion with elders in Nakaalei (Translation)

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posted on 2023-11-30, 18:54 authored by Samuel DerbyshireSamuel Derbyshire

A group discussion session with elders in Nakaalei covering the history of asapan and broader transformations in material culture over the last century.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

G002

Cultural group

Turkana

Participants

Ekai Lopira , Chilen Kalapata, Eregae Ngikolomo, Erongat Looya, Ngileya Imony, Arebon Kamarekwan, Lochok Kamarekwan, Kuam Longyang, Paulu Esokon, Longoria Iria , Ekeno Amwo, Eremon Nawoi, Mariko Ekuom , Eregae Eitan Nakadeli, Lucas Ekamais Lowasa, Samuel Frederick Derbyshire

Country

Kenya

Place

Nakaalei, Turkana

Museum name

British Museum Pitt Rivers Museum

Museum collections documentation

AF/B18/1 (photograph taken by Wayland); AF1926.1211.2. (abusibus headdress acquired by Ernest Emley); AF1947.16.35. (abusibus headdress). 2004.130.30279.1 (photograph taken by Sir Wilfred Thesiger in the early 1960s).

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Social group setting

Elders

Location

Elders' tree

Unique ID

2019LG02-G001-0008

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    AsapaninitiationTurkanaheaddressclothing

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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