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Manufacture and placement of a beehive or dana

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In the foreground, a man from the village of Mashi ties a bundle of leaves to prepare the lid for the beehive entrance. In the background, another man prepares a rope with vines for tying the body of the beehive.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Preparing the beehive cover

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-E08-1234