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Flax plant growing on side of a bush path

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posted on 2025-03-26, 15:20 authored by Akpobome Diffre-Odiete
Flax plants, orho whose bark is used for making Urhobo rope, grown on the side of a bush path, showing its capacity to grow in different environments

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

A01

Rights owner

Akpobome Diffre-Odiete

Title alt

Orho ro dje phiyo okoko re idjerhe re eghwa

Description alt

Orho ro dje phiyo okoko re idjerhe re eghwa

Cultural group

Urhobo

Country

Nigeria

Place

Eghwu, Delta Region

Item/object

Flax plant

Materials

Fibre-flax

Materials alt

Orhon

Cultural context/event

Resource collection

Social group setting

Private

Temporality

dry season

Date of creation

2021-10-20

Unique ID

2019SG01-A01-0003

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