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Shaping beehive

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posted on 2022-10-18, 17:01 authored by Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus

The beehive is shaped into a cylinder and cut to the correct length.

History

Session

EMKP2019SG03-0034EMKP2019SG03-0035EMKP2019SG03-0036EMKP2019SG03-0037EMKP2019SG03-0038

Rights owner

Samuel Lunn-Rockliffe

Cultural group

Sengwer; Marakwet

Participants

Richard Murkomen Komen, Jacob Changeony komen, Amos Ruto kibor

Country

Kenya

Place

Embobut forest

Item/object

Beehive

Techniques of production

Cut-chip-cut

Materials

Wood-Parasol tree (Polyscias fulva)

Materials alt

Oorn (Sengwer/Marakwet)

Cultural context/event

Production of beehive

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Kacheseker clan forest

Date of creation

2019-09-16

Unique ID

2019SG03-0003

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    cuttingchoppingshapingbeehive

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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