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Charring beehive

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posted on 2022-06-15, 14:22 authored by Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus
Richard Murkomen wets the wood to control the rate of burning.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

Arcadia Fund

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History

Session

EMKP2019SG03-0012 EMKP2019SG03-0084 EMKP2019SG03-0085 EMKP2019SG03-0086 EMKP2019SG03-0087 EMKP2019SG03-0088 EMKP2019SG03-0089 EMKP2019SG03-0095

Rights owner

Campbell Martin

Cultural group

Sengwer; Marakwet

Participants

Richard Murkomen Komen

Country

Kenya

Place

Embobut forest

Item/object

Beehive

Techniques of production

Char-burn

Materials

Wood-Parasol tree (Polyscias fulva)

Cultural context/event

Production of beehive

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Kapsaniak, Koropkwen glade

Date of creation

2019-09-18

Unique ID

2019SG03-0089

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