The British Museum
Browse

44.1_OES Shaping

Download (298.31 MB)
Demonstration of the shaping of ostrich eggshell fragments with a nail clipper

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

NQ44

Rights owner

University of East Anglia and University of Botswana

Cultural group

Bakgalagadi / ǃXóõ

Participants

Nene Kikonyane, Jelinah Mabolelo, Mmamaswe Kikonyane, Traca Posomane

Cultural sensitivity

Animal Killing

Country

Botswana

Place

Ncaang, Kgalagadi District

Item/object

Ostrich Egg Shell Beads

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Community

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2022-10-20

Unique ID

2020SG12-NQ44-0744