Department(not assigned)

Qawalaf

NameBread press

Maker Zeina Sha'aban Al Noobi

Date2011

Place madeTaqah, Dhofar, Oman, Middle East, Asia

MediumCeramic (earthenware), iron oxide

DimensionsOverall: 9/16 x 9 1/16 in. (1.5 x 23 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Purchase

Object numberFA.2011.42.3

DescriptionThick, flat, heavy ceramic disk in natural orange color with lightly burnished surface. Front incised with a central cross, which is repeated with alternating plain and crosshatched stripes, coming to a triangular pattern at the cross quadrants. The edge is banded in red with an incised, dotted zigzag design. The backside is plain with a lightly burnished surface.