Ethnographic Video on Palm Leaf Processing Technique

A close-up video shows Abdalah Saidi Mwingo splitting and trimming palm leaves with a knife and explains why dry leaves are preferred for fence-making. The dataset includes transcription, translation, and commentary. Marie-Annick Moreau authored this 11.0 KB dataset, last updated on 2026-06-03.

Use Cases

• Analyzing traditional craft techniques based on the visual demonstration of palm leaf processing.
• Studying cultural knowledge transmission based on the explanation of material selection (dry vs. fresh leaves).
• Training multimodal AI models on ethnographic content based on the combined video, transcription, and commentary.

Strengths

• Includes transcription and translation of the video content.
• Provides commentary alongside the primary video footage.
• Licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 for clear reuse terms.

Limitations

• The video shot is noted to be slightly out of focus at times.
• Dataset size is only 11.0 KB, indicating a very limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Video recording with transcription and translation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 12:20:01