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The Depository documents 3 techniques in Namibia; by risk level: 1 endangered, 2 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The sewing and construction of elaborate Victorian-revival gowns and the distinctive otjikaiva cattle-horn-shaped headdress by Herero women of Namibia, a dress tradition directly originating in Victorian-era clothing imposed by German…
The mining, grinding, and compounding of red haematite (iron oxide) pigment with butterfat and aromatic herbal resin into otjize, the distinctive full-body red cosmetic paste of Himba women of northwestern Namibia's Kaokoland region and…
The hand-building of clay pottery by women of the Uukwambi, a sub-community of the Owambo (Aawambo) people of northern Namibia, using a distinctive underground construction and drying chamber called an ozimbogo.