Platter

NamePlatter

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datemid-20th century

Place madeBolivia, South America

MediumMixed metals

Dimensions1 1/2 × 14 3/4 × 11 3/16 in. (3.8 × 37.5 × 28.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2013.5.6

Object numberA.2013.5.6

DescriptionDouble-handled, flat bottomed platter with sloping sides and a wide, flat decorative rim. The inside bottom has a center punch, the rim has a rounded edge and is decorated with repeated swags formed of punched dots, each with a single dot inside and edged with slightly oval dots next to the rounded edge. The handles are riveted to the rim, hinged with pins and formed of open ovals decorated at the outer edge with feline faces with round ears .