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The Depository documents 4 techniques in Togo; by risk level: 1 endangered, 1 vulnerable, 2 stable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
A distinctive traditional iron and steel production system of the Bassar region, northern Togo, unique in West Africa for its natural-draught furnace technology capable of producing direct reduced steel — rather than the wrought iron…
The malting, boiling, and sun-fermenting of millet into a mildly alcoholic beer by Kabye communities of the Kara region, northern Togo.
The entirely wheel-less, tool-free hand-building of terracotta pottery by Kabye women of the Kara region, northern Togo, an essentially exclusively feminine activity practiced most notably in and around the village of Pya.
The handloom weaving of narrow-strip cotton wrapper cloth by Tem craftsmen and craftswomen of Sokodé, Togo's second-largest city and the historic capital of the Tem people.