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Coffee Pot, "Jebena"
Coffee pot composed of shekla or clay, with a single spout used by Amhara ethnic group to serve coffee, along with a woven straw matote or trivet used…
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Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
Founded in 1966 in Chicago, Illinois, the Balzekas Museum is dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Lithuanian culture. The Museum…
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Chicago's Families: Displaced Persons
This collection comes from a joint exhibit, internationally circulated, "No Home to Go To: The Story of Baltic Displaced Persons,...
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Ethiopian Mourning Coffee Ceremony Items
These items are associated with traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremonies. Such events are integral throughout the culture and utilized temporally as…
Rites of Passage, Opening Part 1
Event photographs for the Chicago's Families: Rites of Passage exhibit opening at Chinese American Museum of Chicago.
Basket with Roasted Barley, "Sefate with Kolo"
Small woven straw basket filled with roasted barley. The barley contained within the basket is served with "buna" at a funeral.