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Manufacture and placement of a beehive or dana

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Two men from the village of Mashi place a beehive on the top of a tree. The one on the right is placing the lid made from a bundle of leaves over the mouth of the beehive (daneshee).

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Placing the beehive in a tree canopy

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-E08-1237