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Manufacture and placement of a beehive or dana

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A man from Mashi village waits at the top of a tree holding the end of a rope with his hands, made from a type of vine called yaketi. Meanwhile, another man carries one half of the beehive to attach it to the other half. They will then tie the beehive to the lower end of the rope and lift it up to install it.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

The location of the beehive on a tree

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-E08-1232