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Manufacturing process of a beer filter or huqu-timis

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:02 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, Alvaro MinguitoAlvaro Minguito
An elderly Opo moistens his hands with water to continue the task of weaving reed fibres over the warp of long, dry fibres, helped by a plastic bottle to give shape to the beer filter.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D07

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Weaving a beer filter (timis)

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Jook Tut

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Timis

Materials

Fibre-reed fibre

Cultural context/event

Social gathering

Social group setting

Community

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2021-08-06

Unique ID

2019LG07-D07-1001

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    Opobeer filtertimisweavingsorghum

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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