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[RobinStobbs]

I urgently need pictures, descriptions and/or construction details of the now extinct sewn boats 'mtepe' and 'dau la mtepe' that were once made in East Africa (specifically the Lamu region).  Can anyone please help?  I know this is an unusual request but one of my interests is the construction of models of ethnic craft of the Western Indian Ocean.

Regards.
Robin Stobbs

[tigertiger]

You could contact the Zanzibar museum
http://www.zanzibarheritage.go.tz/House%20of%20Wonders%20Museum.htm#The%20Mtepe%20‘Shungwaya’,%20an%20ancient%20Swahili%20vessel,%20sails%20again.

There is also a book by Mr Prins
http://www.ascleiden.nl/GetPage.aspx?datastore=5&url=/publications/bibliographies/kenyacoast/ref865
A bit old now but you may find it on Amazon r get your library ot order a copy if the British Library service has a copy.