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Kenya, Laikipia, Lewa Downs. A craftsmen at the Wilderness Trails community workshop, backgammon board inlaid with acacia root.
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A fine example of a carved wooden door in Lamu town. Wood carving is the most important craft in Lamu and sustains the greatest number of skilled craftsmen.It will take experienced craftsmen eight man months to make such a beautiful door and frame.
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A skilled craftsman with traditional tools carves a wooden door from hardwood in Lamu town. Wood carving is the most important craft in Lamu and sustains the greatest number of skilled craftsmen.It will take experienced craftsmen up to eight man months to make a beautiful door and frame.
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Maasai crafts for sale near Tsavo National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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A fine example of the interior of a traditional Swahili house in Lamu Town.The extraordinary skill of the local craftsmen is an important legacy of Afro Arab architecture in the Swahili style.
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Kenya, Laikipia, Lewa Downs. A craftsmen at the Wilderness Trails community workshop, backgammon board inlaid with acacia root.
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Eastern golden weaver (male) displaying beneath its half-built nest of grass stems, Diani Beach Kenya.
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A man embroiders Swahili hats, which are popular with Muslims on Lamu Island and elsewhere. It takes hours of patience and great skill to make a really fine hat.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD.
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A Samburu blacksmith fashions a spear from an iron rod. Blacksmiths have their own special clan within the tribe and are not allowed to marry girls from other clans. Their skills are handed down from father to son. This man will take two days to make a spear for which he will be paid a goat.
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A Swahili man in traditional attire blows the Siwa on the battlements of the Lamu Museum.This unique and hugely heavy ritual horn was used before the 19th century in Pate and Lamu Islands to herald religious and festive occasions or to alert the community of danger.
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Kenya, Laikipia, Lewa Downs. A local Laikipiak Maasai woman spins wool to make carpets at Wilderness Trails community workshop.
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A Samburu woman sews a leather cloak for her younger brother. For several weeks before a boy is circumcised,he must wear a charcoal-blackened cloak,which is made from three goatskins.
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A Swahili woman in Lamu makes makuti, a coconut palm thatch used extensively as a roofing material on houses all along the East African Coast.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD.
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Seated on a typical coast stool, a Swahili man stitches strips of woven palm fronds into a mat in one of Pates narrow streets.All the buildings in Pate are constructed of coral rag with makuti roofs, which are a type of thatch made from coconut palm fronds.
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A woman makes makuti, a thatch from dried fronds of coconut palms, outside her home in Faza village. The chequered history of Faza dates back several hundred years.
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A signwriter chisels the name onto the side of a wooden sailing boat, known as mashua, after repairs to the vessel at the boatyard at Kisingitini, a natural harbour on Pate Island Kisingitini is the centre of the islands fishing industry with crayfish being the fishermens prized catch.
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A Swahili man in traditional attire blows the Siwa on the battlements of the Lamu Museum.This unique and hugely heavy ritual horn was used before the 19th century in Pate and Lamu Islands to herald religious and festive occasions or to alert the community of danger.
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Mohamed Thuruani, a skilled craftsman of 17 years standing in Lamu, sits outside his home while putting the finishing touches to a model dhow.Dhow or Dau is the colloquial word used by most visitors for the wooden sailing ships of the East African coast.
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A Lamu man strings the back of a traditional Lamu style chair embellished with marquetry.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD. The islands importance lies in the fact that it has the only certain source of sweet groundwater in the entire district.
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The Lamu Museum boasts a fine example of a 19th century carved and decorated wooden door. Wood carving is the most important craft in Lamu and sustains the greatest number of skilled craftsmen.It will take experienced craftsmen eight man months to make such a beautiful door and frame today.
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A man stitches together woven strips of palm fronds to make a large floor mat at Matondoni,Lamu Island. The place has been famous for making traditional wooden sailing boats for a century or more.
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A skilled craftsman puts the finishes touches to a replica of a Pate Island chair. Wood carving is the most important craft in Lamu and sustains the greatest number of artisans. Fine marquetry work is another age old skill of local craftsmen.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD.
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A skilled craftsman puts the finishes touches to a replica of a Pate Island chair. Wood carving is the most important craft in Lamu and sustains the greatest number of artisans. Fine marquetry work is another age old skill of local craftsmen.Situated 150 miles north northeast of Mombasa, Lamu town dates from the 15th century AD.
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A shipwright drills a hole to repair a wooden sailing boat at Faza on Pate Island. The centuries old technology of the bow drill he uses is ideal for places where there is no electricity. The chequered history of Faza dates back several hundred years.
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A fine example of decorative Lamu plasterwork gracing the interior wall of a recently restored house in Lamu town.The design depicts a turtle. The extraordinary skill of Lamus master craftsmen is an important legacy of Afro Arab architecture in the Swahili style. Fortunately, it has been handed down to younger generations. Most of the finest examples of old plasterwork can be found in the traditio
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Kenya, Laikipia, Lewa Downs. A local Laikipiak Maasai woman spins wool to make carpets at Wilderness Trails community workshop.
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The Turkana are skilled craftsmen. The people of Kalakol on the shores of Lake Turkana weave attractive baskets from the dried fronds of doum palms (Hyphaene compressa). Vegetable dyes are used to create the simple but effective patterns. A child plays while his parents work.
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A shipwright drills a hole to repair a wooden sailing boat, known as mashua, at Kisingitini, a natural harbour on Pate Island. The centuries old technology of the bow drill he uses is ideal for places where there is no electricity.Kisingitini is the centre of the islands fishing industry with crayfish being the fishermens prized catch.
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