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Calabash bowl and ladle

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Interior view of a half-dried calabash (kaba) used to serve coffee leaves infusion (kari). The ladle (kabe toŋa-chabui- or gote -majang-), from a small calabash with a top hole, allows to serve the beverage individually.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E02

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Kaba and kabe toŋa

Cultural group

Chabu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Gobul, Gambela

Item/object

Kaba and kabe toŋa

Materials

Fruit-gourd

Cultural context/event

Social gathering

Social group setting

Community

Location

Cooking area

Date of creation

2021-08-12

Unique ID

2019LG07-E02-1126