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Georginah Kabe preparing to begin softening prepared skin with a stone

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

LA17

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

2022-10-15

Unique ID

2020SG12-LA17-0255