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Manufacture and placement of a beehive or dana

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:02 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
Dawit, a man from the village of Mashi, carries two pieces of wood over his shoulder to make wedges (lireek) used to split a trunk lengthwise to form a beehive (dana).

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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Session

E08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Preparing the tools to make a beehive: the lireek (wedge)

Cultural group

Chabu

Participants

Dawit Rekay

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Mashi, Gambela

Item/object

Dana

Materials

Wood

Cultural context/event

Resource collection

Social group setting

Men

Location

Forest

Date of creation

2021-08-14

Unique ID

2019LG07-E08-1217

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    Keywords

    Chabubeehivehoney gatheringforestdana

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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