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Wooden mortar

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Two mortars and a section of tree trunk cut to make a mortar. These small size mortars are employed to grind coffee beans. The objects are divided into two parts, base and body.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

E02

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Title alt

Paanyaa (Chabui) or pagn (Majang)

Cultural group

Chabu

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Gobul, Gambela

Item/object

Paanyaa

Materials

Wood

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Individual producer

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2021-08-12

Unique ID

2019LG07-E02-1100