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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
Kong Jook continues to weave the weft of his small fish trap from reed stalks. He does this with the help of a large tree fruit to achieve the cylindrical shape of the artefact.

Funding

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-D03-0896

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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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