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posted on 2024-07-11, 10:06 authored by Munyaradzi Elton SagiyaMunyaradzi Elton Sagiya
Henry Mugabe demostrating the fire-setting quarrying process. The demostration was done about 40m west of his homestead in Gwenhe village (6km south-west of Great Zimbabwe).

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

P01

Rights owner

Munyaradzi Elton Sagiya

Cultural group

Shona

Participants

Henry Mugabe , Munyaradzi Innocent Mashamaire

Country

Zimbabwe

Place

Gwenhe Village , Masvingo

Item/object

Fieldwork

Cultural context/event

Material culture documentation

Location

Forest

Intent

Demostration of granite stone quarrying using the fire setting technique

Date of creation

2022-10-13

Unique ID

2020SG08-P01-0108

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    Quarrying

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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