Millet Cake (Ngomi) Mold
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Nov 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Mold for millet cakes. Made from red clay. Flat, round top with three round impressions (the cake molds). Cylindrical base with cutouts to form 2 wide "legs". Four additional ventilation holes in base. Outside has crackled appearance, blackened in several areas. Mary Jo Arnoldi, Curator for African Ethnology, says this is a "special mold for cooking millet cakes eaten at breakfast". This kind of pottery is "low fire ware that is made by women potters, who are members of the blacksmith caste in south central Mali." It was purchased in Bamako market to be used as a decorative prop during the 2003 SI Folklife Festival (see accession history).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, Mali / United States, Africa / North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2034092
label: USNM Number
content: E432927-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Mold
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 26 cm
label: Height
content: 12 cm