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| Image number: | 182 |
| Feature : | Kapok |
| Grouping : | culture |
| Discipline : | economy, welfare and health |
| Year : | 1970 |
| Locality : | Zing |
| Country : | Nigeria |
| Region - tribe : | Shebshi Mountains, Mumuye |
| Physiographic region : | West-African rain belt |
| Notice : | Kapok sold on the market of Zing. Kapok is only used to weave funeral tissues. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1970 Image 182. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |