Coffee Ceremony Cups
Small ceramic coffee cups from the negotiation with Berihun, poured but left untouched.
The coffee represents hospitality offered but not accepted; the agreement proceeds without loyalty or warmth.
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Three archive objects from a negotiation where hospitality is offered but not accepted.
Related excerpt: Berihun’s Terms
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Thatch Hut
A modest thatch hut marking the domestic edge of the negotiation.
The hut holds the social world Irwin cannot command simply by contract, coin, or plantation logic.
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Route II: Massawa to Kaffa Highlands
A route artifact tracing movement from Massawa toward the highland interior.
The route places the negotiation inside the larger pressure of inland movement, land, labor, and distance.
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