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gufa

boat

Also known as: guffah

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basket frame construction

In basketry: Uses
…onto the edge; and the gufa of the Tigris, which is round like the coracle and made of plaited reeds caulked with bitumen.
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use along the Tigris-Euphrates River system

In Tigris-Euphrates river system: Navigation
Until the 1970s gufas—huge circular coracles of basketwork, coated with bitumen and capable of carrying up to 20 passengers—were in regular use in the vicinity of Baghdad.
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