2019SG03-0105.tif (58.27 MB)

Smearing tree with dung

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posted on 2022-06-15, 14:22 authored by Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus

Dung is smeared over the area where bark has been stripped from a tree so that it does not dry out.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

Arcadia Fund

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History

Session

EMKP2019SG03-0018 EMKP2019SG03-0101 EMKP2019SG03-00102 EMKP2019SG03-00103 EMKP2019SG03-00104 EMKP2019SG03-00109

Rights owner

Campbell Martin

Cultural group

Sengwer; Marakwet

Participants

Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus

Country

Kenya

Place

Embobut forest

Techniques of production

Applied-applied

Materials

Wood-forest dombeya ,Animal-cow dung, Animal-cow dung

Materials alt

Borowo (Sengwer/Marakwet)

Cultural context/event

Production of beehive

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Kapsaniak, Koropkwen glade

Date of creation

2019-09-20

Unique ID

2019SG03-0105