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The Depository documents 4 techniques in Somalia; by risk level: 2 critically endangered, 2 endangered. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The pit-loom weaving of striped cotton cloth by male weavers of Mogadishu and the adjacent Benaadir coastal region of southern Somalia, a textile tradition documented continuously from at least the early 14th century to the present.
The hand-building of pottery by male potters of the Gaboye community in Buur Heybe, southern Somalia, using a distinctive technique of coordinated hand and foot movement, with clay mined separately by women -- a gendered division of labor…
The hand-heating, hammering, and molding of gold and silver into fine jewelry by artisans of the Qalin Shube community, part of the wider Banadiri community of Somalia's southern coast, concentrated in Mogadishu's historic Hamarweyne…
The hand-tapping and resin collection of frankincense from wild Boswellia trees -- principally Boswellia sacra, B.