Mitepe
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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Transportation Vehicles (Hierarchy Name) > vehicles (transportation) > watercraft > <watercraft by specific type> > <watercraft by construction> > sewn boats
Descripción
Sewn boats of East Africa origin, about thirty or fourty tons, and having a long curved prow, and rigged with a square sail of coarse matting. No longer used, mitepe were mainly engaged in traffic along the section the Swahili Coast that lies between Zanzibar and the Lamu Islands.
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Otros términos
- mitepes [es]
- mtepe [en]
- mtepi [en]
- mtepis [en]