Fish-shaped serving platter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970
notes: label: Description
content: Silver toned metal serving platter and cover in the shape of a fish. Handles are composed of the tail and the head of the fish. The scales and texture of the tail are chased into the surface. Around the body of the fish that composes the bowl for food is a decorative border of c-scrolls and fans. The cover to the platter is 2015.0237.04b.
label: Description
content: Ray and Shaista Mahmood brought this serving platter from Pakistan to Virginia in the early 1970s and used it to host meals with family and friends. The friendly dinners were a way to get to know their new neighbors after they arrived in the United States.
place: label: place made
content: Pakistan
label: used
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Immigrants
label: Subject
content: Immigration to the United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Cultures & Communities
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ray and Shaista Mahmood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0237.04a
label: accession number
content: 2015.0237
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0237.04a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: serving platter
label: Object Name
content: platter
label: Object Name
content: covered platter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 63 cm x 33 cm; 7 3/32 in x 24 13/16 in x 13 in
label: Measurements
content: platter: 6 cm x 63 cm x 33 cm; 2 3/8 in x 24 13/16 in x 13 in
label: Measurements
content: platter: 3 in x 24 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 62.865 cm x 31.75 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 24 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 62.865 cm x 31.75 cm