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Qawalaf
Qawalaf
Qawalaf
Museum of International Folk Art
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: 13/16 x 8 7/8 x 8 11/16 in. (2 x 22.5 x 22 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Purchase
Object numberFA.2011.42.4
DescriptionThick, flat, heavy ceramic disk in natural orange color with lightly burnished surface. Front incised with a central cross decorated with repeated motif of three alternating hatched stripes and three ticked stripes going the opposite direction. The cross is surrounded by repeated, alternating plain and hatched lines, which coalesce as a triangular pattern at the cross quadrants. The edge is banded in red with an incised,plaited or overlapping V design. The backside is plain with a lightly burnished surface.
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