shallow, ceramic bowl with wide base ring, flared sides an in-turned decorated rim. 4 triangular bosses with a round hole in the center of each, decorate 2 sides of the rim. rim decoration consists of 3 incised concentric 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 19 centimeters