DepartmentAsia

Bowl for ritual food offerings

NameBowl

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1950

Place madeSOUTHERN INDIA, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA

Mediumcopper, tin

Dimensions2 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (6 × 23 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Miss Hester Gassett, A.1989.47.2

Object numberA.1989.47.2

Collections

Asia

DescriptionHammered, copper-plated tin with raised relief designs inside and on outside shoulder. Bowl is wide, low, rising from base to sharp-edged shoulder; then turns in until rim, which bends out. Designs include flower and leaves inside center of bowl, surrounded by narrow rows of dots, zig-zags, and chevrons. One secondary band has 8 crescent moons with vines