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Making fish traps

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Under the watchful eye of Amum and a group of children, Kong Chual finishes the work of weaving the kalphai liana weft over the warp of stems, giving the large fish trap its funnel shape.

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, Kong Chual

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-D03-0905