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Shaping beehive

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posted on 2022-10-18, 16:34 authored by Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus
The beehive is shaped into a cyclinder and cut to the correct length.

History

Session

EMKP2019SG03-0003 EMKP2019SG03-0034 EMKP2019SG03-0035 EMKP2019SG03-0036 EMKP2019SG03-0037 EMKP2019SG03-0042

Rights owner

Campbell Martin

Cultural group

Sengwer; Marakwet

Participants

Richard Murkomen Komen

Country

Kenya

Place

Embobut forest

Item/object

Beehive

Techniques of production

Cut-chip-cut

Materials

Wood-Parasol tree (Polyscias fulva)

Materials alt

Oorn (Sengwer/Marakwet)

Cultural context/event

Production of beehive

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Kacheseker clan forest

Date of creation

2019-09-16

Unique ID

2019SG03-0038

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