PALM TREE CLIMBING SEAT/BACKREST
[1,2]: PALM TREE CLIMBING SEAT/BACKREST
[3]: A recent photo of a man at the top of palm tree using a different climbing rig with the same use
[4]: An older photo of a man with his machete climbing a palm tree with a similar yet different climbing rig
[5]: An older photo of a man climbing a palm tree with a different climbing rig made with two loops
From: Igbo culture, Nigeria 🇳🇬Source [1,2] : @thebritishmusuem
Source [3] : “Among the Ibos of Nigeria” by George Thomas Basden, 1921
Source [4] : Photo by @_ping_pong, featured on @visitnigeria
Source [5] : @ukpuru
Source notes [1,2] : “Length of plaited cane, with loop at each end, used for climbing trees. 25 cm H, 44 cm W, 80 cm D. circa 1900-1908”
Source notes [3] : “Climbing a palm-tree for nuts and wine”
Source notes [4] : “On other occasions, at nights, the men climb the trees to tap palm wines. Every morning they go to inspect and collect what the tree has supplied.”
Source notes [5] : “Climbing tree for palm-wine, with double loop climbing rope. IBIBIO, near IKOT EKPENE 10 a.m. 27/2/46. Nigeria, 1946. By Hermann Braunholtz.”Observations: ergonomics, transforming material for both utility and form (plaiting cane), material awareness, material intelligence, formal contrast between tubular and flat parts of the climbing ring