Lamp "Dipa Rukha"
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: SMALL HEMISPHERICAL SAUCER WITH SHAPED RIM, SPOUTFOR WICK, ATTACHED TO CYLINDRICAL STAND. RIM CHIPPED DURING SHIPPING. MADE BY NILAMANI BISOI, FEMALE, AGED 36 IN NOVEMBER, 1983. FIRED FOR PURPOSE OF COLLECTING AND SHIPPING ONLY; IN CEREMONIALS USED DRIED BUT UNFIRED. SETOF FOUR GIVEN AS PART OF ASSEMBLAGE. ALSO REQUIRED FOR EAR-PIERCING CEREMONY AND THREAD-BESTOWING CEREMONY OF YOUNG BRAHMIN MALE. SET AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE DAIS WHERE THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY TAKES PLACE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
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: E423341-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 8 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6.5 cm