Vessel "Mathia"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Aug 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1979
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: PURCHASED IN PURI MARKET AUTUMN, 1979; MAKER UNKNOWN. USED FOR STORING DRINKING WATER. (COMPARE THE BOTTLE-SHAPED VESSEL CALLED "SUREI", WITH GLOBULAR BODY AND ELONGATED NARROW NECK. AN IMPORTED SHAPE & TECHNIQUE (COMPARE THE "MANGAY" OF NORTHWEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, PAKISTAN (RYE & EVANS, "TRADITIONAL POTTERY TECHNIQUES OF PAKISTAN", PLATES 21-22, AND THE RELATED FORM "SURAHI", PLATE 53). COMPARE ALSO "HINDI MATKA". THIS SHAPE OFTEN DECORATED AROUND THE SHOULDER WITH INCISED DESIGNS EXECU- TED BY FRESHWATER OYSTER SHELL, COIN, GLASS SHERD, ETC.; OFTEN COATED WITH PIGMENT "GERU" (CAT. #423364) AND POLISHED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tikarapada Village / Puri Market, Puri, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kumbhara-Bisoi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361229
label: USNM Number
content: E423346-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 26.4 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 24.5 cm