Silver And Gold Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Aug 1943
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. William H. Taft
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Inscribed silver and gold bowl with vase-like cover. Presented to William H. Taft ("in recuerdo") in memory of ___________ by Pedro A. Paterno, Manila, August 12, 1902. Etching, chasing, and relief designs." [later, undated, note says:] "Report by Doctor Henderson [possibly Edward P. Henderson?]: scrapings from the inside of the pedestal revealed a basic metal of gold-copper alloy in the ratio of about 10% gold and 90% copper. No traces of tin or zinc, therefore the base is not white brass or bronze. Surface is either silver or tin wash. No analysis was made of surfaces because of possible injury to appearance"
label: Notes
content: See also Castro, Sandra. "Ornamentation and History in Philippine Colonial Silver," Arts of Asia (Sept-Oct 2020), 116-127. Fig. 4-8.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Philippines
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tagalog
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 165833
label: USNM Number
content: E383074-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl