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The domestic space of the Banea hut

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posted on 2024-11-20, 17:55 authored by Alfredo González-RuibalAlfredo González-Ruibal, CARLOS NIETOCARLOS NIETO
Detail view of an altar to Qumsinjil inside a Banea hut, made of a horizontal cane (muŋwa) tied to the thatched roof with a sickle blade (goda) and a hoe (taba). In the foreground, artefacts hanging from the storage platform, including drying corncobs and a beer filter (diŋa)

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

B10

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Altar of Qumsinjil inside a Banea hut

Cultural group

Banea

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Banjercha, Benishangul-Gumuz

Item/object

mets'a

Cultural context/event

Building

Social group setting

Family

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2020-01-28

Unique ID

2019LG07-B10-0505

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    Baneahousearchitecturespatial organisationdomestic artefacts

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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