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Circular decorated calabash piece

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Two circular pieces of gourd, cut from a container of Fellata origin, used to smooth the porridge. Both have excised frieze-metopesque decoration. The one on the left has abstract motifs inspired by nature, while the one on the right shows representations of birds. They were collected by an Opo woman in an abandoned Fellata camp. Front view

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D02

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Fellata disks

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Kong Chual

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Circular decorated calabash piece

Materials

Fruit-gourd

Cultural context/event

Domestic

Social group setting

Family

Location

Cooking area

Date of creation

2021-08-07

Unique ID

2019LG07-D02-0865