DepartmentAsia

Ritual Offering Plate

NameOffering Plate

CultureHindu

Dateca 1950

Place madeIndia, South Asia, Asia

Mediummetal

Dimensions1 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (4.2 × 38 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Miss Hester Gassett, A.1989.47.4

Object numberA.1989.47.4

Collections

Asia

DescriptionWide, flat bottom; sides rise up and out. Central design is of wreath-like arrangement of leaves around circular fruit; narrow bands of designs fill remainder of plate to rim; include dots, half-rounds, lines, feathers, diamonds.

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