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Making fish traps

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Lual and James narrow a river channel to set the large funnel-shaped fish trap (du'ur) that Amum is holding in his hands

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D03

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Setting the fish trap in the river

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Amum Paytut, Lual Kim, James Buaom

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Du'ur, memer

Materials

Fibre-vine fibre

Cultural context/event

Fishing

Social group setting

Men

Location

River

Date of creation

2021-08-05

Unique ID

2019LG07-D03-0917