Lamp "Satadipa"
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: SHALLOW DISH ("SARA") WITH SMALL BASE, SHARPLY EVERTED SIDES, WIDE MOUTH. SEVEN SPOUTS PINCHED ON RIM ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER ON ONE HALF OF DISH. RIM CHIPPED DURING SHIPPING. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AAGED APPROX. 46 IN NOVEMBER, 1980. FIRED FOR PURPOSE OF COLLECTING AND SHIPPING ONLY; IN CEREMONIALS USED DRIED BUT UNFIRED. EQUIPPED WITH COTTON WICKS AND CLARIFIED BUTTER (GHEE), WAVED DURING THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY. SEVEN IS AUSPICIOUS NUMBER. ALSO REQUIRED FOR EAR-PIERCING CEREMONY AND THREAD-BESTOWING CEREMONY OF YOUNG BRAHMIN MALE.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361229
label: USNM Number
content: E423342-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 4.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 13.2 cm