Metal vessel with handle (racnik od bakar -handled vessel of copper); copper plated with tin; lobular shape with wide neck "D. F.[?] K. stamped on outside; 20.8 cm high at rim. Household vessel, used by entire household. Also used to carry liquids to field for noonday meal. Now only rarely used. This item is an old piece which has been recently repaired and re-tinned. About 1850-1900, Made by professional craftsman, bakardzija.
Donor:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection place:
Gostivar, Polog Region, Macedonia
Culture or time period:
Macedonian (modern culture)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pitchers (vessels)
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 S1969-1970 #17: University of California, Los Angeles (August 18, 1969–January 7, 1970)