Plate; brass, circular, flat, with low rim. inside has chased designs, bottom is colored black with designs , height etched through to reveal the brass. Diameter 23 cm, height 4.5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Chennai (city), Chennai District, Tamil Nadu
Verbatim coll. place:
India, (Madras)/ Tamilnadu, Nilgiris Hills District, Todas or Badagas tribes
Culture or time period:
Badaga people and Toda people
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
before November 1970
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plates (general, dishes)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
made by local metalsmiths
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters and height 4.5 centimeters