ABSTRACT
MATERIAL culture is an integral component of man-resource interactions. The Valley Bisa, befitting their relative isolation, possess a material culture that has remained relatively simple, yet contains admixtures of both traditional and modem artifacts. Some of these are pictured in Plate 1. Handicrafts, pottery, woodwork, tools and traps are similar to those described for the Ambo (Stefaniszyn 1964b), but in recent years household utensils of European manufacture have replaced many traditional wares. Local stores, scattered among the villages in the corridor, are seasonally stocked with soap, kerosene, cloth, salt, matches, razor blades, pots, saltpeter, and other externally manufactured commodities. By 1967, thirty-three stores had been registered for the corridor in the tax assessor's records.
