cup (chalice); pottery with hollow cone shaped base; round patch on side; chip on lip; protrusion on middle ridge; native name and meaning: tewa, drinking cup; height 16 cm
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sauletta district (historical), Shewa province, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ethiopia
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1968
Materials:
Clay and Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chalices (liturgical vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
October 1969
Context of use:
tewa, drinking cup; for drinking barley beer (tella) at church (men); service is very long; made by Galla of Choa Province; Aba Delago tribe.