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Georginah Kabe softening the skin after it has had fat applied to it with a stone, after the addition of some water

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

LA12

Rights owner

University of East Anglia and University of Botswana

Title alt

khōba |noro

Cultural group

Nama

Participants

Georginah Kabe, Nichodimas Cooper

Cultural sensitivity

Animal Killing

Country

Botswana

Place

Lokgwabe, Kgalagadi North District

Item/object

Tea Container

Techniques of production

Worked

Materials

Leather-goat leather

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Enclosure

Date of creation

2022-10-14

Unique ID

2020SG12-LA12-0235