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Calabash pipe

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Smoking pipe, consisting of three parts: a gourd body in whose neck, joined by resin, a wooden cane is inserted as a mouthpiece; another, oblique, wooden shaft, crowned by a small decorated clay cup, is inserted in the thick part of the body of the gourd, with the joint sealed with resin. General view

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D02

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

K'orro belé

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Nyakot-ka Wale

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

K'orro belé

Materials

Fruit-gourd, Clay

Cultural context/event

Domestic

Social group setting

Women

Location

Home

Date of creation

2021-08-08

Unique ID

2019LG07-D02-0872