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Making a grinding stone or phaotoma

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
A group of Opo men place a stretcher with a stone for making a grinding stone in the compound of destination, under the gaze of the woman who asked them to do the job.

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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-D06-0983

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    Opogrinding stonephaotomapestle

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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