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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
Dech gives the last blow to the iron wedge to finish striking the central longitudinal axis of the iron sheet on the anvil out of which he will forge a spear blade.

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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-D05-0960

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    Keywords

    Opoblacksmithspeartoolsforge

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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