a) Metal bowl with b) lid; (saan so kapak); bowl is brass plated with tin; olid is copper plated with tin and has engraved floral motif on top; rim of bowl is notched; bowl diameter 18.6 cm; lid diameter 15.8 cm. In daily use by entire household as a serving, eating and food storage vessel. Probably not orinally made as a set. Now only rarely used. About 1850-1900. Made by professional craftsman, bakardzija.
Donor:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection place:
Gostivar, Polog Region, Macedonia
Culture or time period:
Macedonian (modern culture)
Collector:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection date:
Aug. 28, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Production date:
ca. 1850-1900
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (January 18, 1966–February 28, 1966) and S1970-1971 #147: University of Washington (June 23, 1971–October 8, 1971)