Kitfu Dish
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
notes: label: Notes
content: Small ceramic bowl, black on underside, brown inside. Has small triangular handles, 2 on each side. Small foot. Inside has darker brown lines painted around rim and radiating out from the center. Donor says this is bowl is "for serving kitfu, [a dish made of minced raw beef, marinated in mitmita (a spice blend with chili powder) and clarified butter.] [Made by] Highlands Falasha potters. Used by Amhara and Oromo peoples."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Highlands Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Falasha
label: Culture
content: Amhara
label: Culture
content: Oromo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2045574
label: USNM Number
content: E432981-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dish
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 13 cm
label: Width
content: 10 cm
label: Height
content: 4.5 cm