Accession No
2006.759 A-B
Description
A clay coffee pot with a lid. The vessel [A] has a long and narrow neck with a flaring upright rim, with a shouldered then globular body and a rounded base. The spout is narrow and protrudes at an angle above the shoulder. There is a curved handle with a cylindrical cross-section. Decorated at the base of the neck to the shoulder with linear and circular patterns. The container has a graphite burnish. The lid [B] consists of a flat disc with a central, cylindrical protrusion.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Ethiopia; Addis Ababa
Period
Source
Phillipson, David Walter (Professor) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2006.759 A-B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Clay
Local Term
Measurements
230mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Professor David Phillipson, Director of MAA 1981- 2006. Bought in a market in Addis Ababa late 1990s.
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Clay coffee pot with lid, with graphite burnish. Bottle-shaped with narrow neck and slender spout and handle. Not made on a wheel. A very common type in Ethiopia and Eritrea (used in most households).
Event Date 14/11/2016
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
A clay coffee pot with a lid. The vessel [A] has a long and narrow neck with a flaring upright rim, with a shouldered then globular body and a rounded base. The spout is narrow and protrudes at an angle above the shoulder. There is a curved handle with a cylindrical cross-section. Decorated at the base of the neck to the shoulder with linear and circular patterns. The container has a graphite burnish. The lid [B] consists of a flat disc with a central, cylindrical protrusion.
Event Date 21/2/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:273561
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