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Braiding ropes among the Banea: si aya

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A Banea ropemaker uses a double-sided swinging custom device, On each of this sides are tied the strips that will be braided into ropes

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

X01

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Cultural group

Banea

Participants

Hassen Adam Gushil

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Banjercha, Benishangul-Gumuz

Item/object

Si aya

Materials

Leaf-dom palm leaf

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Individual producer

Location

Compound

Date of creation

2020-01-27

Unique ID

2019LG07-X01-0759

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