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Coffee consumption among the Chabu

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Interior view of a half-dried calabash (kaba) employed to make coffee leaves infusion. The ladle (kabe toŋa), from a small calabash with a top hole, allows to serve individually the common beverage (kari).

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E07

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Kaba and kabe toŋa: Calabash bowl and ladle

Cultural group

Chabu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Gobul, Gambela

Item/object

Kaba and kabe toŋa

Materials

Fruit-gourd

Cultural context/event

Social gathering

Social group setting

Community

Location

Cooking area

Date of creation

2021-08-12

Unique ID

2019LG07-E07-1215