Two-Sided Bowl (짬짜기 / Jjam-jja-gi) Used At The Korean Central Presbyterian Church

Object Details

Date

Between 2010 and 2018

Medium

melamine

Dimensions

9 3/8 × 2 9/16 in. (23.8 × 6.5 cm)

Cite As

Donated by Korean Central Presbyterian Church

Caption

This double-sided melamine bowl, known as a 짬짜기 Jjam-jja-gi or 양면기 yang-myeon-gi in Korean, was used to serve lunch at the Korean Central Presbyterian Church (KCPC) in Northern Virginia in the 2010s. The church serves over a thousand parishioners most Sundays, and the bowl's shape allows quick, convenient service of rice and soup, Korean staples. The term Jjam-jja-gi is a portmanteau of two popular Korean-Chinese noodle dishes, Jjampong (spicy seafood noodles) and Jjajangmyeon (noodles in black bean sauce) that are often served together.

The fellowship and/or potluck meal shared after worship service ends on Sundays are an important part of civic and religious life in the Korean American diaspora. Church meals facilitate interactions and are a setting where people can connect with others, network, and new immigrants find community.

See also: https://anacostia.si.edu/collection/object/acm_2021.12.2

Related Collections:

https://anacostia.si.edu/collection/object/acm_2021.11.1

https://anacostia.si.edu/collection/object/acm_2021.11.2

Asian American Arts & Media: https://sova.si.edu/record/ACMA.06-089?s=0&n=10&t=C&q=asian+american&i=0

This collection contains artifacts catalogued in the ACM Ojects collection.

Accession Number

2021.12.1

Type

bowl

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Data Source

Anacostia Community Museum

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Metadata Usage

Not determined

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl82e6c196f-a419-44ca-a474-927162edda61

Record ID

acm_2021.12.1