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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	ED1998.10.4	Coaster	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 15x15cm.
2	ED1998.10.5	Coaster	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 15x15cm.
3	ED1998.10.6	Trivet	West African. Woven with the same type of seeds used on a shekere. Roughly 30x30cm.
4	ED1998.4.12	Blade, Stone	Lamellar blade. Chipped stone tool used as a knife.
5	ED1998.7.2	Spear Point	Hardin barbed point. Used as a spear or a knife.
6	ED1998.7.4	Spear Point	Belknap Contracting Stem Point. Used as a spear or knife.
7	ED1999.5.3	Grindstone	Clay grinding stone. Reproduction of early human tools.
8	ED2019-131	Cup	A replica of a tin cup which students in rural schoolhouses would use to drink water
9	ED2019-132	Lunch Box	Round tin pail, used to carry lunches for students in one-room schools. 2 pieces, A: lid and B: bucket with handle.
10	ED2019-137	Service, Tea	Japanese tea set, including tea pot, sake flask, and four cups.
11	ED2019-75	Molinillo	A utensil used to stir hot chocolate in Mexico
12	ED2021-101	Pot, Cooking	An aluminum cooking pot (B) with a lid (A), otherwise known as a patila in India. According to the information card included with the pot, it can function as a saucepan, soup pot, or stewing pot. Neither the pot or the lid have handles, a commonality among Indian cookware.
13	ED2021-105	Cup, Katori	A small, metal cup called a katori in Hindi. The tag attached with the katori reads: "Small food cups (katoris) - These are used on the Thali for the more liquid curries and for curds." A thali is an Indian-style platter of different dishes.
14	ED2021-106	Serving Plate	A metal serving plate called a Thali in Hindi. In India, thalis are used to serve a platter of different dishes, each in their own individual cup or katori.
15	ED2021-11	Doily	An off-white crochet doily from Bosnia. Circular designs joined to create a diamond shape.
16	ED2021-110	Pinafore	Modern reproduction of a pinafore. A white, pinstripe with two pockets on the front. The opening buttons up in the back so that the pockets are on the front side of the body. This type of garment is worn over clothing, typically a blouse or a dress, to protect the clothing underneath. The small size suggests it was made for a child to wear.
17	ED2021-117	Tea Table	A small, tea table made from bamboo. The table has a square table top and 4 legs connected to each other by small sticks. Likely a tourist piece from Asia.
18	ED2021-12	Doily	A Bosnian off-white crochet doily. Circular design with picot edge.
19	ED2021-122	Chopsticks	Two sets of chopsticks from Japan. On the first pair (A) are the colors blue and brown, with a white floral pattern covering the blue top of the sticks. The sticker on the front of the packaging reads "non-slip" in Japanese. The second pair (B) are pink with images of beach balls and a Japanese girl covering the sticks. The back of the packaging provides washing and handling directions written in Japanese. The top of the packaging, on the white tag, reads "non-slip" in Japanese, also.
20	ED2021-123	Teacup	A teacup from Japan, often called a yunomi. These cups do not have a handle like European teacups. This particular yunomi is dark orange with images of cranes decorating the side. The bottom of the cup has a couple of Japanese characters and the word "JAPAN" written in black. It is made of a ceramic material.
21	ED2021-124	Teacup	A teacup from Japan, often called a yunomi. This cup has no handle unlike European teacups. Blue and white images of wildlife and other objects cover the side of the cup. The Japanese characters on the side of the cup translate to "Kirishima" which suggests that this cup is a tourist piece from the Japanese city of Kirishima.
22	ED2021-132	Molcajete	A mortar and pestle from Mexico called a molcajete (A). This piece is made of a rough, bumpy stone that contains various shades of gray. The bottom of the molcajete has 3 legs to hold it up. Included with molcajete is the tejolote (B) which is the teardrop-shaped tool used to actually grind the food. Additionally, the object is heavy and on the bigger side.
23	ED2021-173	Bowl	A copper bowl from India. The outside of the bowl is a copper color while the inside of the bowl is silver. Other features of the bowl include two decorative handles and a gold sticker in the inside of the bowl which reads "Super Quality Copper Tableware Size 2."
24	ED2021-174	Bowl	A small copper bowl from India. The outside of the bowl is copper-colored while the inside is silver. Also, on the inside of the bowl is a sticker which says "CERA", the brand of the object.
25	ED2021-22	Lunchbox	Black, metal oblong lunch pail with 2 handles. Box (A) and lid (B).
26	ED2021-35	Press, Tortilla	Wooden tortilla press made of three hinged pieces
27	ED2021-36	Pot	Small, metal (copper) pot from India. It is a religious pot and used during Hindu rituals or events.
28	ED2021-4	Tin	Yellow, brown, and gold tea tin with lid. Jasmine tea exported from China. Writing in English, Chinese, and French on sides. "Jasmine Tea, Product of the People's Republic of China Fujian Tea Import & Export Corporation. Net. Wt (120 gms.)" Lid printed with logo and "Sunflower 1030". Plastic stopper underneath tin lid.
29	ED2021-40	Set, Demitasse	A Balkan (Bosnian) demitasse set with 6 plates (A-F) and 6 cups (G-L). White with a blue and gray meander pattern border.
30	ED2021-45	Molinillo	A wooden molinillo with 5 rings from Mexico. It is used to make hot drinks (like hot chocolate) by rubbing together between the palms in order to form a froth at the top of the drink.
31	ED2021-5	Tin	Yellow, brown, and gold tea tin with lid. Jasmine tea exported from China. Writing in English, Chinese, and French on sides. "Jasmine Tea, Product of the People's Republic of China FooJoy Tea Company. Net. Wt 4 oz(113 g)" Lid printed with logo and "FooJoy 1030". Plastic stopper underneath tin lid.
32	ED2021-50	Coffee Pot	A Turkish coffee pot (other names: ibrik, coffee ibrik, cezve) with a silver cup base and a redish-brown handle.
33	ED2021-62	Coffee Pot	An old, metal, Turkish coffee pot. It has a circular base, a triangular spout, a curved handle, and a lid attached with a hinge. The lid contains an oval pattern around the base and is topped off with a pointed decoration. The pot may have had more of a design on the body at one point but has faded away over time.
34	ED2021-7	Coffee Pot	Small brass coffee pot with weighted lid. Engraged with diamond and oval designs around the body of the pot.
35	ED2021-70	Khokhloma Set	A Khokhloma set from Russia featuring 2 mini cups (A,B), 1 small spoon (C), and 1 big spoon (D). Khokhloma painting originates from Russia where the artist paints wooden utensils with bright, colorful colors and designs. This set was painted using the colors gold, black, orange, green, and red. The 2 cups have stickers on the bottom which both translate to "Khokhloma Painting, Glasses, Price 06.95."
36	ED2021-74	Bowl	Round, wooden bowl colored with different stripes (tan, light brown, dark brown). The opening is 24 cm across. Possibly from Costa Rica as on the bottom it says "₡85.00" on the bottom, indicating it was purchased for 85 cólones.
37	ED2021-75	Bowl	A small, gray bowl made in Japan. There's a meander pattern around the bowl and the opening is 12 cm across. The bowl rests on top of 3 litte legs attached to its bottom.
38	ED2021-80	Chopsticks	15, wooden chopsticks (A-O) and 3 mini-Japanese paper dolls containing toothpick bodies (P-R) attached to folded pieces of white paper. The chopsticks vary in length, width, and shape. In China, chopsticks tend to be long with wide ends to make it easier to share food across the table (as it is very common in Chinese cultures to share food with one another). In Japan, the chopsticks are shorter with narrower, more pointed ends because they do not share food as often as the Chinese and their diet consists of more fish which requires sharper chopsticks to pick apart. In Korea, chopsticks are often made of metal and have a flatter body.
39	ED2021-85	Cookbook	A cookbook written in Arabic, which is read from right to left. The titled is translated to "The Art of Cooking" in English and is written by multiple authors. It was published in Beirut, Lebanon, sometime between 1980 and 1990, by Dar Al-Hayat Library.
40	ED2021-86	Zucchini Corer	A zucchini coring tool (also called a hollower or a "manakra" in Arabic) used to prepare some Middle Eastern dishes that include a hollowed-out zucchini. According to the information card kept with the tool, "The tool is common throughout Jordan and Lebanon and was brought with an immigrant from Amman, Jordan in the 1980s."
41	ED2021-87	Apron	A vintage flour sack apron/bib for a child. It is made from a thin, fabric material that is has a light blue color, a white floral design, and white thread. There are only 2 strands (one on each side of the waistline) to tie together around the back of the child and one pocket on the right side.
42	ED2021-90	Cup	A metal drinking cup (gilas). The note left with the object reads: "Metal drinking tumbler (GILAS - a pronunciation in Hindi of 'glass'); The tumbler is used for water, tea, or buttermilk. Tea is always mixed with boiled milk and sugar. Adults rarely drink milk since they prefer to make it into curds (yogurt) or buttermilk, cheese, or sweet desserts and ghee. Some of the families in this village now have crockery tea cups and glass glasses, but the metal tumbler is far more common."