Shoes weren’t made by gaboye but by urban craftsmen and by Quran teachers in rural areas.The Gaboye made the kabo:View attachment 343379
The leather itself came from the hunting of animals by Madhiban, sometimes drawn from typical livestock. Oryx beisa was often the go-to when making durable material for the shield.
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You had also other prized animal hides that were less available than the oryx:View attachment 343381
These animals were found in abundance 150 years ago.
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True story from the Hawd. The guy survived.
Fun fact: the Somali term for money comes from how shoes were bought in the old days, a clan would send a person from every shoe size to the market and they would have to buy shoes for the people in their clan with the same shoe size, eventually people when buying and selling would say “waxan ma ila cag tahay”, and that’s how lacag as a word came about.
