Woodcarving
Item
Title
Woodcarving
Subject
Woodcarving in Botswana
Description
This item relates to the craft of woodcarving in Tswana culture, the tools used and the objects from Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust's collections created by this method.
00:03:59 SL translating We are talking about the different types of wood…what he’s got here in front of him the reddish one is called monokana [holds up spoon] and this is modumela...
00:06:20 SL translating I was asking what kind of carvings are people interested in [OT explains in Tswana] …its things like these [large spoons] stuff that has utility value, things that people can still use, that’s what the locals buy because these kind of spoons are used at weddings and funerals when people cook for many groups of people, big groups.
[Transcription by KL of MAC_BB_20190821_RPM8 SL Interview with Otwaetse Tona , Language: Setswana with English translations by SL, 2019 - note the timings relate to the raw footage, not the edited 'Meeting Makers' film]
00:06:20 SL translating I was asking what kind of carvings are people interested in [OT explains in Tswana] …its things like these [large spoons] stuff that has utility value, things that people can still use, that’s what the locals buy because these kind of spoons are used at weddings and funerals when people cook for many groups of people, big groups.
[Transcription by KL of MAC_BB_20190821_RPM8 SL Interview with Otwaetse Tona , Language: Setswana with English translations by SL, 2019 - note the timings relate to the raw footage, not the edited 'Meeting Makers' film]
Contributor
Relation
Space/Place
Botswana
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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 Meeting Makers; Interview with Nchadinyana Teseletso |
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 Tshepo Skwambane in conversation with Samuel Sebari |
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