Platter

NamePlatter

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datemid-20th century

Place madeBolivia, South America

MediumMixed metals

Dimensions1 7/16 × 16 5/16 × 12 1/2 in. (3.6 × 41.5 × 31.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2013.5.5

Object numberA.2013.5.5

DescriptionFlat-bottomed platter with widely sloping sides, a wide decorative rim and hinged handles. The nearly flat bottom is punched in the center, the rim decorated with a repeated leaf motif and small oval punch marks next to the slightly rounded rim edge. The handles are riveted to the rim, hinged with pins and cast in the form of an open oval with an animal-like face with a thick fur ruff at the outer edge.