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Making fish traps

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
Lual starts a large fish trap by tying several stems together with a piece of kalphai vine. Several Opo boys from the village watch the work around him.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D03

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Weaving a large fish trap with an entrance tunnel (memer)

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Lual Kim

Cultural sensitivity

TRUE

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Memer

Materials

Fibre-vine fibre

Cultural context/event

Fishing

Social group setting

Men

Location

River

Date of creation

2021-08-05

Unique ID

2019LG07-D03-0898

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    Opofish trap

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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