Purse
Betel Container (uncertain)
95-21-5
From: Thailand | Bangkok
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 95-21-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai |
| Provenience | Thailand | Bangkok |
| Date Made | 15th Century - 1950 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Silver (uncertain) | Brass (uncertain) |
| Technique | Plated | Incised | Chased | Openwork | Hinged | Embossed |
| Iconography | Thephanom |
| Description | Silver container with hinged lid, pivoting handle and hinged flap with hook clasp. Lid is cut out openwork with engraved and chased detail work with Thepanom (a deity with hands clasped in attitude of respect) with vegetal motif. Bottom has embossed and chased band of vegetal design. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Katharine and Mary Anglemyer, 1995 |
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