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Colouring the skin with an infusion of mogônônô (Terminalia sericea) in a bucket, the changing of the position of the dye, followed by hanging to dry

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

SA11

Rights owner

University of East Anglia and University of Botswana

Title alt

go kwaepa

Cultural group

Bamangwato

Participants

Kabo Jone

Cultural sensitivity

Animal Killing

Country

Botswana

Place

Serowe, Central District

Item/object

Phate

Techniques of production

Pigmented

Materials

Leather-goat leather

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Garden

Date of creation

2022-10-08

Unique ID

2020SG12-SA11-0068