shallow ceramic bowl with wide base ring, flared sides and in-turned, decorated rim. 4 triangular bosses with a round pole in the center of each, decorate 2-sides of the rim. twine has been laced through the bosses on one side. rim decoration consists of 3 concentric incised lines ending with 8-10 hash marks at each end next to bosses. bowl is black with a slightly tacky surface.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Culture or time period:
Fuge and Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 14, 2009
Context of use:
decorative, household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters and diameter 20.8 centimeters