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Big pottery vessel (lewe) for brewing beer (tajan) and cooking porridge. The decoration consists of finger impressions on a moulding along all the circumference of the rim.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E02

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Lewe

Cultural group

Chabu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Gobul, Gambela

Item/object

Jahi lebe

Materials

Clay

Cultural context/event

Domestic

Social group setting

Family

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2021-08-12

Unique ID

2019LG07-E02-1115