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Chabu house or Asee

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:02 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
Interior view of a Chabu family house from Mashi. Rectangular shaped space with a central pole to support the wooden structure of the roof. In the left and right sides of the house piles of horizontal poles used as building material. In the back left side of the house is the cooking area, used by women to prepare food.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E09

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Tãkãn (house interior)

Cultural group

Chabu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Mashi, Gambela

Materials

Wood

Cultural context/event

Building

Social group setting

Family

Location

Home

Date of creation

2021-08-14

Unique ID

2019LG07-E09-1249

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    Keywords

    Chabuhousearchitecturespatial organisationdomestic artefacts

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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