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Smoothing Inside of the beehive

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posted on 2022-10-18, 15:40 authored by Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus
The inside of the beehive is smoothed using an axe and the newly hafted blade.

History

Session

EMKP2019SG03-0009 EMKP2019SG03-0069 EMKP2019SG03-0070 EMKP2019SG03-0071 EMKP2019SG03-0072 EMKP2019SG03-0076

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)

Cultural context/event

Production of beehive

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Kapsaniak, Koropkwen glade

Date of creation

2019-09-17

Unique ID

2019SG03-0072

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    beehivesmoothingchipping

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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