Platter

NamePlatter

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datemid-20th century

Place madeBolivia, South America

MediumMixed metals

Dimensions1 11/16 × 14 3/4 × 11 in. (4.3 × 37.5 × 28 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2013.5.9

Object numberA.2013.5.9

DescriptionSilvered colored platter with flat bottom, deep, slightly sloping sides, and flat rims with raised edges; hinged handles riveted to the rims. The bottom has a central punch, the rim has a well-defined swag motif, with teardrop-shaped pendants between the swags, small linear punches within, and tiny oval punches lining the raised edges. The handles are decorated with an ill-defined face near the hinge, with a curling, slightly oval, ornamented grasp attached near the bottom of the collar.