Blacksmithing

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito

Dech shapes with his mallet, on a log hewn for the purpose, the iron sheet from which he will forge a spear blade, previously heated until red-hot.

Funding

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-D05-0966

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Keywords

Opo blacksmith spear tools forge

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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