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Front view of the honey-gathering basket used by Chabu men. Globular body and band strap made of basketry. A vegetal fibre cord facilitates the handling of the basket while collecting honey in trees.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E02

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Kongue

Cultural group

Chabu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Gobul, Gambela

Item/object

Kongue

Materials

Fibre-reed fibre

Cultural context/event

Resource collection

Social group setting

Men

Location

Forest

Date of creation

2021-08-12

Unique ID

2019LG07-E02-1082