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Tea: ceylon grown, wrapped in foil, purchased in market; serving tea with sugar
Tea: ceylon grown, wrapped in foil, purchased in market; serving tea with sugar
Object Number 973-42-50/11754
Display Title Tea: ceylon grown, wrapped in foil, purchased in market; serving tea with sugar
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Shai
Object Description Tea: ceylon grown, wrapped in foil, purchased in market; serving tea with sugar from Addis Ababa is mark of distinction/acculturation. Sugar costs the equivalent of 6 cups of teff (grain) "Tea" (shai) can be served without leaves, so long it has sugar.
Inventory Description Sugar, in a bag printed with red elephant and blue text
Classification
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1972-1973
Culture
  • Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia / Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu
Materials Sugar
Dimensions Overall: 1.6 x 9.4 x 8.2 cm (5/8 x 3 11/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-42-50/11754 & 11754
Provenance
Collector Bonnie Holcomb (1972-1973)
Seller Bonnie Holcomb (1973)

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