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Making fish traps

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An Opo man completes the work of braiding the kalphai lianas of the rear end of the stems of the large fish trap with an inlet channel, closing these into a bundle. Meanwhile, Lual cuts the leftover vine from the body of the artifact with a machete.

Funding

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

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-D03-0913