Making nipa thatching

https://doi.org/10.25420/britishmuseum.24788004

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posted on 2023-12-13, 17:17 authored by Andrea YankowskiAndrea Yankowski

Video of a woman making nipa thatching. The thatching is used as roofing material for the salt workshop.<p></p>

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

A01

Rights owner

Andrea Yankowski

Cultural group

Boholano

Participants

Marlyn Andrade Dela Cruz

Country

Philippines

Place

Loay

Item/object

Nipa thatching

Techniques of production

stiching

Materials

Plant-nypa fruticans

Cultural context/event

Material culture documentation

Intent

This woman makes and sells nipa thatching that is used for roofing materials on traditional houses and structures such as salt workshops.

Date of creation

2022-06-06

Unique ID

2021SG08-A01-0001