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Large fish trap

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Large fish trap, consisting of a long truncated cone-shaped basket made of interwoven lianas (kalphai), closed at the front end in a small truncated cone shape. Here there is a small opening, as a sort of a tunnel, through which the fish enter. General view

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D02

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Memer

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Amum Paytut, Kong Jook, Lual Kim

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Memer

Materials

Fibre-vine fibre

Cultural context/event

Fishing

Social group setting

Men

Location

River

Date of creation

2021-08-08

Unique ID

2019LG07-D02-0869