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38.1_Sewing darts

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Sewing of darts using sinew thread (||aba), moistened with saliva (background noise of ostrich eggshell beads being clipped with a nail clipper)

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

KA38

Rights owner

University of East Anglia and University of Botswana

Title alt

ǂ'órò

Cultural group

Tsila / G||ana

Participants

Molathiwa Serekelagothe

Cultural sensitivity

Animal Killing

Country

Botswana

Place

Kaudwane , Kweneng District

Item/object

Tsatsana

Materials

Leather-goat leather

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Husband-wife

Location

Home

Date of creation

2022-10-31

Unique ID

2020SG12-KA38-1035