Vessel "Emara Handi"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Aug 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Louise A. Cort
label: Collector
content: Purna Chandra Mishra
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Louise A. Cort
notes: label: Notes
content: WIDE-MOUTH, ROUNDED BASE. UPRIGHT RIM, INTERIOR SLIGHTLY CONCAVE, EXTERIOR SLIGHTLY CONVEX; WHEEL-THROWN SHOULDER WITH PRONOUNCED EDGE; INDISTINCT NUMBER OF ROWS OF FACETS (7 ROWS, AS VIEWED FROM INTERIOR) AND CIRCULAR BEATEN MARK ("TOPI") ON BASE. TRACES OF ASH USED IN BEATING PROCESS ON INTERIOR. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46, IN NOVEMBER 1980. NAMED FOR EMARA MATHA, A MONASTERY IN PURI. ALSO CALLED "DEDHASERIA HANDI" ("ONE-HALF SEER HANDI") AND "GAUNIKIA", A STANDARD MEASURE FOR PADDY, USUALLY A BASKET, HANDI = COOKING POT FOR RICE OR LENTILS. CAPACITY 10 LITERS. COST (1980) 1.24-1.25 RUPEES EACH (SELLING PRICE TO TEMPLE COOKS' ORGANIZATION).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tikarapada Village / Puri Town, Puri, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Oriya Kumbharas, Kumbhara-Bisois, Jagannath Temple Potters
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361229
label: USNM Number
content: E423311-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 28.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 26 cm