Mtepe
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The mtepe is a boat associated with the Swahili people (the word "boat" in the Bantu Swahili language being mtepe). The mtepe's planks are held together by wooden pegs[2] and coir[3][lower-alpha 1], so it is a sewn boat designed to be flexible[3][lower-alpha 2] in contrast to the rigid vessels of western technique.