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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
After Dawit started to split a log in half from one end with a wooden wedge (lireek), another man, under Dawit's gaze, hits a second wedge with a wooden mallet (puas) and drives it into the crack from the side.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Apaal, splitting a log

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-E08-1226

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    Keywords

    Chabubeehivehoney gatheringforestdana

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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