carved wood coffee seving table; top, 4 legs and 2 end pieces are carved from a single piece of wood; base is a separate piece nailed to the legs. top carved with about 1cm wide, 1.3cm deep lip all around the top edge. at one end a round cup is attached to the tray top and has an "X" pattern carved in the top edge. tray, legs and base are decorated with various carved geometric form and/or bands.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
household, for serving coffee
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 24.2 centimeters, length 56.3 centimeters, and height 15 centimeters