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- Title
Ceramics in Indian Ocean Trade: The East African Experience.
- Authors
Nowrojee, Villoo
- Abstract
Ceramics have been extensively imported on the East African Coast over many centuries. The principal sources have been Iran and China, the latter trans-shipped through the port of Malacca and the Indian ports of the western Indian Ocean. These ceramics were used to embellish the gates and mihrabs of mosques, and the exteriors of elaborate tombs. They were vessels in homes and decorations on buildings. In the last two centuries, the old ceramics came to be supplanted by imported ware more utilitarian in make and appearance. These came in mainly from Holland, England and Germany. These products of Western Europe were influenced by the Islamic markets they had entered, while in turn these plates became an important part of the East African Coast's architecture and Swahili traditions and homes.
- Subjects
INDIAN Ocean; CERAMICS; BUSINESS; MIHRABS; DECORATION &; ornament
- Publication
Matatu: Journal for African Culture & Society, 2020, Vol 52, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
0932-9714
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/18757421-05201009