Indigenous Knowledge and Development
Monitor, July 2001
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M.A. Wienecke
Vernacular housing and building materials in Namibia


Foto 2
Traditional shelter similar tot
the tshu (Rehoboth museum)
Photo: M.A.Wienecke

Foto 3
Inside a homestead (northern
Namibia)
Photo: M.A.Wienecke

Foto 4
Palisaded wall of a homestead
(northern Namibia)
Photo: M.A.Wienecke

Reconstruction of a traditional
namahut.
Photo: Prof.W.H.Haacke,
Oct.1980

Framework of a wedding hut in
Bersada.
Photo: M.A.Wienecke,
Feb.2000

Traditional homestead at the
Tsumeb cultural village.
Photo:M.A.Wienecke,August 2000

Homestead near Ondangwa.
Photo: M.A.Wienecke,
Feb.1999

Frame covered with plastic
sheeting.
Photo: M.A.Wienecke,
Feb.2000

Frame covered with recycled
metal sheeting.
Photo: M.A.Wienecke,
Feb.2000

Traditional hut (sticks and grass)at the Tsumeb cultural village.
Photo:M.A.Wienecke, August 2000

Traditional hut at the Tsumeb cultural village.
Photo: M.A.Wienecke, August 2000

Traditional hut (made out of stcks)at the Tsumeb cultural village.
Photo: M.A.Wienecke, August 2000

Traditional settlement on a farm in the Gobabis district.
Photo: W.A.Wienecke, 1955
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