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Object Number
973-42-50/11693A
Display Title
"Buge": goda bugo, gourd used for preparing batter used in making the staple bre
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Buge
Object Description
"Buge": goda bugo, gourd used for preparing batter used in making the staple bread, boudina. Teff grain flour is mixed with water to the consistency of pancake batter, then poured into this gourd for fermenting. Process takes 3 days from outset, but if fermented batter remains, a day is enough to prepare newly added batter. This buge is not "broken in." Breaking in requires residual mash from preparing spirits or wood ash-water mixture to set for several days. Gourds this size not locally available; purchased from lowland Shankillas who walk 10 hrs. to markets to sell for $.70 0 $.90 ea. Half-gourd this size useful as bowl, but not often seen.
Inventory Description
Gourd container, spherical, smallish opening with flat coiled basketry lid
Classification
- Gourd
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1972
Culture
- Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
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Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms
Lemu; Gidda Kiramu; Hero Guduru; Awaraja
Materials
Gourd, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 26.3 x 26.6 cm (11 7/16 x 10 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
973-42-50/11693a
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