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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
An Opo man collects the tops of reed stalks to make a small fish trap called le'ek.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D03

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Collecting the raw material (reeds) for making a small fish trap (le'ek).

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Amum Paytut, James Buaom

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Kalphai

Materials

Fibre-vine fibre

Cultural context/event

Fishing

Social group setting

Men

Location

River

Date of creation

2021-08-05

Unique ID

2019LG07-D03-0886

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    Opofish trap

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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