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Piercing porcupine quill segments

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posted on 2025-01-17, 11:51 authored by Greine JordanGreine Jordan, Chris WingfieldChris Wingfield, Maitseo BolaaneMaitseo Bolaane
Piercing porcupine quill sections to make beads with a long needle made from sharpened fence wire

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

KC70

Rights owner

University of East Anglia and University of Botswana

Cultural group

Tsila / G||ana

Participants

Molathiwa Serekelagothe

Cultural sensitivity

Animal Killing

Country

Botswana

Place

Kaudwane , Kweneng District

Item/object

purcupine quil

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Husband-wife

Location

Home

Date of creation

2022-10-31

Unique ID

2020SG12-KC70-1300

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    BotswanaKaudwaneleatherskin processing

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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