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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
View of a Chabu family house from the back. The roof (dhoqo) made of palm tree leaves and grass (canaa) 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

Gãbeeti (back of the house)

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-E09-1256

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    Keywords

    Chabuhousearchitecturespatial organisationdomestic artefacts

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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