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Object Number
973-42-50/11753
Display Title
Bars of soap, purchased in market, sold by traders, usually Moslem
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Hiddi
Object Description
Bars of soap, purchased in market, sold by traders, usually Moslem, who travel a weekly circuit within a week's travel by donkey from an established urban trade center. Before soap was available, women used hiddu fruit, succulent yellow, round fruit with seeds, resembling a cherry tomato. Pulp juice used to clean cotton. Expense of soap, and time involvedin preparing hiddi makes people mindful of staying clean. Spotlessly white clothes signify wealth.
Inventory Description
Bar of soap, molded with UNITED\ OIL\ MILLs FINE sOAP/ 777, chipped
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1972-1973
Culture
- Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
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Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms
Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu
Materials
Soap
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 4.4 x 2.1 cm (3 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-42-50/11753
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