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1990.20.1

Incense-burner: a footed cup with handle, serrated rim and a ring of perforations below the rim. [FC 21/01/2011]

1990.20.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Incense-burner: a footed cup with handle, serrated rim and a ring of perforations below the rim. [FC 21/01/2011]
Long description
Incense-burner: a footed cup with handle, serrated rim and a ring of perforations below the rim. Used for burning olive leaves (blessed in church on Ascension Day) to bless the home at sunrise and sunset. [FC 21/01/2011]
Geographical reference
Cyprus
Asia > Western Asia > Cyprus
Kornos
Cultural groups
Cypriot
Person
Field collector Linda Mowat
PRM source Linda Mowat
Date / Period
Date made: 1990
Date collected
April 1990
Acquisition information
Purchased: 04/1990
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Perforated, Process Handbuilt, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Incised
Dimensions
Height: max 85 mm, Width: max 118 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1990.20.1
Research and responses

The pottery workshop at Kornos once employed the whole village, but now only 5 women work there, handbuilding terracotta garden pots, jugs, cooking pots and meat ovens with the aid of a tournette. Mrs. Kyriakou, who made this vessel, works independently making small pots for tourists. Her husband helps with preparation of the clay and firing in an updraught kiln.

Associated publications
The Museum's collection of Cypriot ethnography is listed in catalogue form in Cypriot Ethnography Collections in British Museums, by Eleni Papademetriou (Nicosia: Cultural Services, Ministry of Education and Culture, 2000), pp. 126-33. However, this item is not listed. [JC 5 7 2001]

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