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Object Number 2011.19.53
Display Title Portable wooden table for serving injera; top unadorned, underneath carved with linear and zigzag designs
Descriptions
Object Description Portable wooden table for serving injera; table surface unadorned, tapers into shallow bowl-shape then connectes with tall hollow base, sides have black and brown zigzag carving, underneath the base are geometric carved vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines, small irregular wooden shape with a hole through it protrudes from the table, carved striations around rim of the table
Inventory Description Table? or dish, top unadorned, shallow bowl-shape and tall hollow base incised with linear designs
Classification
  • Table
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1979 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Wood Pigment
Dimensions Other: 12.1 x 51.5 x 48.5 cm (4 3/4 x 20 1/4 x 19 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.19.53
Credit Line Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)
Donor Donated by André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)

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