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Making a grinding stone or phaotoma

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An Opo man collects lianas to tie the stone to a support for carrying it from the forest to the village.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D06

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Selecting and hauling stone for making a grinding stone

Cultural group

Opo

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Phaotoma

Materials

Stone

Cultural context/event

Resource collection

Social group setting

Controlled group

Location

Forest

Date of creation

2021-08-08

Unique ID

2019LG07-D06-0973