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posted on 2025-11-17, 12:00 authored by Lorena Toro-MayorgaLorena Toro-Mayorga
Annotated video showing sheep in the field and how women shear the sheep to obtain the wool. Manual and craft skill shows wool hand cleaning. Wool preparation, explains how to clean the wool. Memories are also included about wool cleaning.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

S06

Rights owner

Lorena Isabel Toro-Mayorga

Title alt

Trasquilado de oveja

Description alt

Video comentado que muestra ovejas en el campo y cómo las mujeres las esquilan para obtener la lana. Las habilidades manuales y artesanales muestran la limpieza manual de la lana. La preparación de la lana explica cómo limpiarla. También se incluyen memorias sobre la limpieza de la lana.

Cultural group

Kichwa, Kichwa Karanki

Participants

María Juana Morales Caiza, María Dolores Andrade Iñaquiza, María Luisa Guamán Carlosama, Fabiola Martina Masaquiza Masaquiza

Country

Ecuador

Place

Various, Imbabura and Tungurahua

Cultural context/event

Sheep shearing

Date of creation

2024-11-16

Unique ID

2022SG16-S06-0364

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