Ethiopia
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Coffee pot
Hat (clothing: headwear)
Rope (general & multipurpose)
Painting (art)
Rope (general & multipurpose)

Icon
Rope (general & multipurpose)

Basket (containers)

Spearhead (spear (weapons: missiles & projectors))

Dish (food service)

Manuscript
Salt money

Sifter (sieve (food processing & storage))

Sifter (sieve (food processing & storage))
Hair ornament (clothing: accessories); comb (hair ornaments)

Cross (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)

Cross (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)

Cross (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)
Scarf; textile
Spools (textileworking: needlework)

Basket (containers)
Envelope (containers)

Scroll (religious text (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus))

Scroll (religious text (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus))

Cross (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)

Cross (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)
Currency container
Pendants (breast ornament)
Pendants (breast ornament)
Pendants (breast ornament)
Pottery
Pendants (breast ornament)
Pendants (breast ornament)
Pendants (breast ornament)
Pendants (breast ornament)
Sandals (clothing: footwear)
Pendants (breast ornament)

Coin

Coin

Pendant (neck ornament (personal adornment)); cross (ritual & belief: religious buildings & furnishings)

Coin

Banknote

Banknote

Apron
Dress
Dress
Spindle (textileworking: yarn preparation & felting)
Envelope (containers)
Icon

Dagger (weapons: edged); dagger sheath (sheath (weapons: accessories))
Collection Information
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
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