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The domestic space of the compound or pätärje

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A woman grinds grain with a wooden mortar and pestle in the shaded area of the compound. The Opo combine grinding with grinding stones, typical of the Nilo-Saharan Ethiopian-Sudanese groups, with the wooden mortar half-buried in the ground, typical of the Nuer, with whom they live together.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

D08

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Nuer wooden mortar

Cultural group

Opo

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Cultural context/event

Building

Social group setting

Family

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2021-08-04

Unique ID

2019LG07-D08-1019