Iron coffee roaster
Mehmasah
Amman, Jordan
Jordan Museum for Costumes and Jewellery, Department of Antiquities
About Jordan Museum for Costumes and Jewellery, Amman
Late 19th century – early 20th century
72.175
Iron; casting, hammering
Height 79,3 cm, Diameter 19,1 cm
Jordan
Circular iron coffee roaster with long handle decorated with zigzag and triangle motifs. Coffee-drinking in a communal setting is an essential part of traditions in Bedouin communities to celebrate or mourn.
Huda Kilani "Iron coffee roaster" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;jo;12;en
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MWNF Working Number: JO 012
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