DepartmentAsia
Portable Tsampa (food) bowl, with strap
NameFood bowl
Artist
Artist not recorded
DateFirst Half 20th Century
Place madeTibet, South Asia, Asia
MediumCopper, brass, fabric, bronze, rope
Dimensions3 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 6 11/16 in. (8.5 × 16.5 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.4
Object numberA.2014.18.4
DescriptionCopper and brass-trimmed bowl with worn yellow-gold fabric strap for carrying and small bronze hinge pin attached to bowl by rope for locking and unlocking bowl top.
mid 17th century, staff
17th - 18th century, C. Mather
Purchased 1978
First half of 18th century
