Araqe glasses, bought in local market for $.10 each

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Object Number 973-42-50/11750

Display Title Araqe glasses, bought in local market for $.10 each

Descriptions

Object Description Araqe glasses, bought in local market for $.10 each, these replace tradition horn cups called mulake. Horn hard to find because of cost of labor input. Lemu converts to Protestant church refused to use this commercial type of glass for communion, presumably because of the association of this type of container with tumtu (low-class craftsmen group)

Inventory Description Drinking glasses, small, clear

Classification

Glass

Department Ethnographic

Date 1972-1973

Culture

Machagalla

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Ethiopia / Northern Wallega

Additional Geographic Terms Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu

Materials Glass

Dimensions Overall: 5 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm (1 15/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 973-42-50/11750

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