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An ewer shaped like a rooster is just one of many items visitors will find at The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World, an exhibition that opens Sept. 22 in Detroit. Many of the objects on display are imbued with cultural meaning that might not be apparent at first glance. But the ewer, for example, was made hundreds of years ago and probably used for something that might come as a surprise. Atlas Obscura has more: https://flip.it/FGME6V
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