DepartmentLatin America

Mate Cup

NameCup

Artist Artist unrecorded

DateEarly 19th century

Place madePotosí, Bolivia, South America

MediumMetal (silver)

Dimensions4 5/16 × 2 3/4 in. (11 × 7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, bequest of the Estate of Edith Page Skewes-Cox Estate, A.1974.19.29

Object numberA.1974.19.29

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionMate cup. The mouth of the bowl flares slightly over a short neck. Two cast bird figures face each other, attached at rim and shoulder, which has a band of incised design of snails and leaves. The base is formed of stacked semispheres.

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