Woman the toolmaker : hideworking and stone tool use in Konso, Ethiopia
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Belkin Tara ; Brandt Steven A. ; Weedman Kathryn ; Solomon Helina ;
- Editeurs : Walnut Creek, Calif. Left Coast press ;
- Date d'édition : 2006
- Sujets : Konso (peuple d'Afrique) -- DVD, Femmes, Pierre, Films documentaires DVD Éthiopie
- Comprend : Hideworking and stone tool use in Konso, Ethiopia
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD (27 min), : Coul.
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Archaeological methods & practice
Résumé
En Ethiopie, les Konso travaillent la pierre en particulier les femmes. Les enfants apprennent les techniques de taille. ; Portrays the remarkable lives of a group of Konso hide workers from southern Ethiopia who may be the last people in the world to make and use flaked stone tools regularly. Unlike the 'man the toolmaker' stereotype, most Konso hide workers are women who learn their skills from female relatives. This ethnoarchaeological film shows the complete life cycle of making and using flaked stone artifacts, including scraping hides to produce soft leather products for bedding, bags, drums and even ritual clothing, and the processes of collecting, working, heat-treating, resharpening, recycling, and discarding stone scrapers.