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Object Number
973-42-50/11716
Display Title
Gambari: a yoke and/or the term used for the primary cross piece of a plow; b. l
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Gambari
Object Description
Gambari: a yoke and/or the term used for the primary cross piece of a plow; b. loloso: the shorter hewn pieces used to circle the ox's neck; c. harkissa: the hide tee twined to connect the gambari tot he main pole that acts as the central support. a. dube: big peg that secures harkissa to gambari.
Inventory Description
Yoke, log crosspieces, bound with wide vegetable fiber strips, leather thong
Classification
- Yoke
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1972
Culture
- Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
/
Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms
Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 131.4 x 58.3 x 12 cm (51 3/4 x 22 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-42-50/11716/ 31/ 32
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