Making fish traps

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito

Using his knee for strength, Amum ties several stalks with a piece of kalphai vine on a thick, circular knotted vine guide to form the warp of his fish trap.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D03

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Weaving a large funnel-shaped trap (du'ur)

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Amum Paytut

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Du'ur

Materials

Fibre-vine fibre

Cultural context/event

Fishing

Social group setting

Men

Location

River

Date of creation

2021-08-05

Unique ID

2019LG07-D03-0894

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Keywords

Opo fish trap

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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