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The Konso of southwestern Ethiopia are a Cushitic-speaking people living in densely populated stone-walled towns, often on the summits of hills or at other easily defensible sites. They are intensive agriculturists, using animal and human manure, and terracing. The traditional Konso ethos emphasizes communal life and masculinity reflected, in part, by collectively maintained ritual spaces, and by men’s houses decorated with clusters of stone stelae and anthropomorphic wood sculptures commemorating idealized images of war heroes, famous ancestors and lineage heads.

Concepts in wood and stone

"Everyone can do as he wants"

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The status of craftsmen among the Konso of south-west Ethiopia

The principles of alliance formation between Konso towns

Konso agriculture

The Konso of Ethiopia

The Konso economy of southern Ethiopia

The symbolic meaning of the pot on the roof

Making a living in the postsocialist periphery

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Amborn, Hermann	Concepts in wood and stone	2002
Ellison, James	"Everyone can do as he wants"	2006
Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert)	Culture Summary	2016
Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert)	The status of craftsmen among the Konso of south-west Ethiopia	1968
Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert)	The principles of alliance formation between Konso towns	1970
Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert)	Konso agriculture	1970
Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert)	The Konso of Ethiopia	2008
Kluckhohn, Richard	The Konso economy of southern Ethiopia	1962
Shinohara, Tōru	The symbolic meaning of the pot on the roof	1993
Watson, Elizabeth E.	Making a living in the postsocialist periphery	2006

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