DepartmentAsia
Portable Tsampa (food) bowl, with strap
NameFood bowl
Artist
Artist unrecorded
DateFirst Half 20th Century
Place madeTibet, South Asia, Asia
MediumCopper, brass, fabric, bronze, rope
Dimensions3 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 6 11/16 in. (8.5 × 16.5 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.4
Object numberA.2014.18.4
DescriptionCopper and brass-trimmed bowl with worn yellow-gold fabric strap for carrying and small bronze hinge pin attached to bowl by rope for locking and unlocking bowl top.
mid 17th century, staff
First half of 18th century
18th century