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| Catalog Number | CAS 2000-0007-0006A-D | |
| Category | Culinary Items; Jewelry & Metalwork; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Coffee grinder | |
| Culture | Turkish | |
| Global Region | Southwest Asia | |
| Country | Turkey | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
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| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Metal: Brass; Steel | |
| Description | Turkish coffee grinder; Tall cylinder in three sections; Top lid comes off, coffee beans go in middle section, grounds fill bottom section; Square pole runs through middle of grinder, handle attaches to pole at top end; Three brass pins protrude from middle section (third pin is missing and has been replaced with a screw); Cylinder decorated with banded lines; Three stars with half moons are stamped on side of grinder; Some grounds remain inside. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 29.2, Rim Diam = 5.1, Max Diam = 6.6 |
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CAS 2014-0002-0007 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Persian | |
| Global Region | Southwest Asia | |
| Country | Iran (?) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Unknown | |
| County | Unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Kashan (?) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 17th Century CE | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Clay; Glaze | |
| Description | Round bowl with short pedestal ring on underside and rounded, flaring walls; Interior and exterior are coated with a white glaze; Design on exterior consists of a wide encircling band that shows a lotus flower and buds painted in blue with black outlines and repeated three times, all on white background; Band is framed below by narrow blue line outlined in black, and above by slightly wider band that is divided into 8 sections that are alternately filled with hachured triangles or pairs of blue eyes; Interior of bowl is decorated with a stylized blue floral motif in center on white background; Wide blue band with black diagonal crosshatching encircles interior just below rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.0, Rim Diam = 18.2, Max Diam = 18.2 | |
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CAS 2018-0006-0025 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl / incense holder | |
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| Global Region | Southwest Asia | |
| Country | Syria | |
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| Other Geographic Data | City: Damascus | |
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| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Bone; Metal | |
| Description | Large, deep vessel carved out of single piece of dark, hollowed out wood; Slightly bean-shaped, with approximately half of the top open; Bottom of bowl is rounded, without a flattened portion on which to stand; Large link metal chain by which to hang the bowl attached at either end of top opening; Remainder of top portion, and body of bowl, decorated with very thin pieces of white bone inlaid in a floral or leaf motif and Arabic writing, with row of triangles fitted together (downward pointing triangles next to upward pointing); Writing on one side reads “Ya ghafoor. Ya raheem.†(“The forgiver. The merciful.â€); Writing on the other side reads “Tawakkaltu Ala-Allah.†(“I trust in Allah.â€); Possibly used as an incense holder. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 16.5, Width = 18.4, Length = 39.0 | |
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