Rectangular Mud-layered House (Ngoni settlement, Songea)

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Title

Rectangular Mud-layered House (Ngoni settlement, Songea)

Subject

BUILT HERITAGE

Description

The rectangular Mud-layered house in the Village of Ndirima at Songea, Ruvuma region said to be the place of residence of the Ngoni people. The erected walls project the existence of house, these walls are in poor conservation condition. The size of the house is (L) 8.1m and (W) 4.3m.

Date

Later Iron Age

Contributor

ebichumbaki@gmail.com

Type

Site

Identifier

50

Date Modified

01/13/2021 07:41:26 am

Date Submitted

12/01/2021

Extent

(L) 8.1m cm x (W) 4.3m.cm x cm

Medium

Songea Field season, 2020

Spatial Coverage

current,-10.632433995009029,35.45685052871705;

Provenance

Local community

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Rectangular Mud-layered House (Ngoni settlement, Songea)

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Institutional nature

Historical

Status

ungazetted

Stewardship

Local community

Condition

4

Contact

ebichumbaki@gmail.com

Sub Type

Salt making

Tags

Citation

“Rectangular Mud-layered House (Ngoni settlement, Songea),” Tanzania, accessed February 1, 2025, https://sdhtanzania.org/omeka/items/show/119.