water containers (food processing & storage)

Silver container for holy water, tempat tirta. Globular container with long neck tapering outwards towards the top, which terminates in a lid attached to the stem with a chain. The globular part is decorated with horizontal bands of engraved motifs, the widest consisting of vertical cartouches remeniscent of lotus petal decoration. The lower part of the neck has a band of engraved upward poiting petals; the top has downward pointing triangular motifs below narrrow horizontal bands of small motifs. The lid is decorated with engraved downward-pointing petals and has a tall finial.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2010.60
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 233 mm x 94 mm x 65 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
silver plate; copper
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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