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Painted decoration in a Kadallu house

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posted on 2024-11-20, 18:01 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, CARLOS NIETOCARLOS NIETO
Detail view of the decoration of a Kadallu house (mets') made of dried bricks, with square plan and thatched roof. The façade is plastered with mud and decorated with geometric paintings (zig-zags and grids) in brown, red and white

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

C08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Mets'

Cultural group

Kadallu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Babshankur, Benishangul-Gumuz

Item/object

mets'

Cultural context/event

Building

Social group setting

Family

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2020-01-31

Unique ID

2019LG07-C08-0707

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    Kadalluarchitecturedecorationbrickwattle-and-daub

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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