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Drilling and stitching beehive

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posted on 2022-06-15, 14:22 authored by Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus
The beehive is tied together temperarily with vines to hold it together whilst the beehive is being drilled and stitched.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

Arcadia Fund

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History

Session

EMKP2019SG03-0013 EMKP2019SG03-0091 EMKP2019SG03-0092 EMKP2019SG03-0093 EMKP2019SG03-0094 EMKP2019SG03-0095

Rights owner

Campbell Martin

Cultural group

Sengwer; Marakwet

Participants

Richard Murkomen Komen, Jacob Changeony komen, Amos Ruto kibor

Country

Kenya

Place

Embobut forest

Item/object

Beehive

Techniques of production

bound

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

2019SG03-0091

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    beehivedrillingpiercingstitching

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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