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Making fish traps among the Opo people

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Manufacture of fish traps among the Opo people: procurement of vines and reeds, weaving of the traps and placing them in the river.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

Y01

Rights owner

Incipit-CSIC

Cultural group

Opo

Cultural sensitivity

TRUE

Country

Ethiopia

Place

Akula, Gambela

Item/object

Memer

Materials

Fibre-vine fibre

Cultural context/event

Fishing

Social group setting

Men

Location

River

Date of creation

2021-08-05

Unique ID

2019LG07-Y01-1293