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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
Dech begins to strike on the anvil, with the mallet and the iron wedge, the central longitudinal axis of the iron plate from which he will forge a spear-blade, while James Buaom explains the work to be done by the blacksmith.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D05

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Shaping a spearhead at the forge

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Dech Guya

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Rimis

Materials

Metal-forged

Cultural context/event

Village

Social group setting

Client-Producer

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2021-08-06

Unique ID

2019LG07-D05-0958

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    Keywords

    Opoblacksmithspeartoolsforge

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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