Tin cookie cutter; flower form with metal handle. Dipped in rice flour and egg batter then put in hot coconut oil; used at ceremonies and at end of “Ramadan.” Length 15.5 cm.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sungai Puar, Sumatra, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian and Minangkabau
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1995-1996 #9: Museum of International Folk Art (October 1, 1995–February 11, 2000)