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Preparing wild silk yarns

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posted on 2024-12-09, 12:49 authored by Laurence DounyLaurence Douny
Washing silk threads with shea butter soap to soften the yarns

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

F5

Rights owner

Laurence Douny

Title alt

Tuntun toinaaban ya ko

Cultural group

Marka-Dafing

Participants

Habi Gnémé, Salif Sawadogo, Lonsani Dayo, Abdoulaye Séré

Country

Burkina Faso

Place

Nounou, Mouhoun

Materials

Animal-silk

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2022-07-23

Unique ID

2019LG04-F5-0088

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