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Georginah Kabe preparing to begin working the goat skin (on a maize bag next to her with the stone that will be used for working)

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

LA12

Rights owner

University of East Anglia and University of Botswana

Title alt

khōba |noro

Cultural group

Nama

Participants

Georginah Kabe, Nichodimas Cooper

Cultural sensitivity

Animal Killing

Country

Botswana

Place

Lokgwabe, Kgalagadi North District

Item/object

Tea Container

Techniques of production

Worked

Materials

Leather-goat leather

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Enclosure

Date of creation

2022-10-14

Unique ID

2020SG12-LA12-0238