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Making a grinding stone or phaotoma

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:02 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
Detail view of two Opo women tapping a stone with pestles in order to shape it as a grinding stone. The splinters resulting from the work can be seen on the surface of the stone.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D06

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Tapping the grinding stone with a pestle

Cultural group

Opo

Cultural sensitivity

TRUE

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-D06-0989

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    Opogrinding stonephaotomapestle

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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