DepartmentLatin America
Spoons
NameSpoons
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Datemid-20th century
Place madeBolivia, South America
MediumMixed metals
Dimensionsa: 1 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 7 9/16 in. (3.1 × 3.8 × 19.2 cm)
b: 1 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (3.1 × 3.9 × 19.2 cm)
b: 1 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (3.1 × 3.9 × 19.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2013.5.16ab
Object numberA.2013.5.16ab
DescriptionSet of two soup spoons with pointy, egg-shaped bowls pointing upward, attached to the handles by an upturned flange. Widening out from the flange, the ends are decorated on top with punched leaves which point down the handles, sets of double lines which curve in and out along the sides and are interrupted by dots with dots. The end has a heart-shaped form tipped with another dot within dot. The spaces between these elements are hatched to resemble leaf veins or with rows of small scribed dots. The backs are undecorated.
2nd half 19th c.
