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Basketry fish trap described in Ewe

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posted on 2025-12-05, 16:34 authored by Zonke Dedei Guddah
Ewe language description of a completed basketry fish trap (exa) by fisherman Maxwell Gbadago. The trap was made by him, Dzobo Sebastian and Dzobo Reuben, who accompany Maxwell as he explains in Ewe the process of making the trap, its parts, and how the trap is placed in the water. Akanyakrom, Banda District, Ghana.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Ann Brower Stahl

Cultural group

Ewe

Participants

Maxwell Gbadago, Dzobo Reuben, Dzobo Sebastian

Country

Ghana

Place

Banda District, Bono Region

Item/object

Fish trap

Techniques of production

Woven-twined

Materials

Stem-bamboo, Stem-vine

Materials alt

pamplo ti, adzɔ

Cultural context/event

Interview

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2022-07-26

Unique ID

2020LG05-FT01-0014