DepartmentAsia

Container, food

NameContainer, food

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca 1950

Place madeUTTAR PRADESH?, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA

Mediummetal

Dimensions8 3/8 x 4 5/16 in. (21.3 x 10.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Miss Hester Gassett, A.1989.47.16v

Object numberA.1989.47.16v

Description6 pieces: base, 2 nesting bowls, lid, handle, spoon. Cast plated tin, brass-colored; base metal cast spoon inserted through handle locks top in place. Base is deep pot, next are stacked two similar bowls, topped by lid with round knob; handle is upright, slotted onto base, with two holes at top aligned with one through knob at top; spoon fits through all three.