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Chabu house or Asee

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Frontal view of a Chabu family house from the village of Gobul. A square entrance (koyse) can be seen, as well as the outside area in front of the house (tetet). The roof (dhoqo) made of palm tree leaves and grass (kanaa) covers the wooden structure made of vertical posts (rektan). On the foreground, cultivated fields.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E09

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Outside of a Chabu house

Cultural group

Chabu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Gobul, Gambela

Materials

Wood

Cultural context/event

Building

Social group setting

Family

Location

Home

Date of creation

2021-08-12

Unique ID

2019LG07-E09-1242