Potter's Utility Cloth "Gamucha" ("Towel")
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Aug 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1979, October
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: MEDIUM-WEIGHT COTTON CLOTH; ORANGE BODY; THIN BLUE STRIPS BORDERING ALL EDGES; EXTRA BLUE STRIPES AT 2 NARROW EDGES. PURCHASED IN PURI MARKET, OCTOBER 1979, FOR 4 RUPEES, AND USED UNTIL NOVEMBER, 1980. COMES IN A SERIES OF SIZES; USED BY MALE POTTERS AS LOINCLOTH WHEN WORKING OR BATHING, AS A SHAWL, OR AS TURBAN. ALL-PURPOSE UTILITY CLOTH.
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: E423365-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Utility Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 182 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 65.3 cm