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Forging of a spear by the blacksmith of Akula

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Process of forging a spear from sheet iron by Dech Guya, Opo blacksmith from Akula.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Y01

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Cultural group

Opo

Participants

Dech Guya

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Rimis

Materials

Metal-forged

Cultural context/event

Village

Social group setting

Client-Producer

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2021-08-06

Unique ID

2019LG07-Y01-1295