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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
Kong Jook starts the weaving process of the weft, with new reed fibres, on the cylindrical body that forms the warp of the basket of the small fish trap.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D03

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Weaving a small fish trap (le'ek)

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Kong Jook

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Le'ek

Materials

Fibre-reed fibre

Cultural context/event

Fishing

Social group setting

Men

Location

River

Date of creation

2021-08-05

Unique ID

2019LG07-D03-0891

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    Opofish trap

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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