Vessel "Mati Kansa"
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: HEMISPHERICAL BOWL; DEEP GROOVE JUST BELOW RIM; CARVED OUT FOOT. MADE BY JAMESWARA BISOI, MALE, AGED 45 IN OCTOBER, 1980. ALSO CALLED "KUNDA". MADE AND SOLD DURING THE MONTH OF KARTIKA (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER) FOR USE BY WIDOWS, WHO VISIT THE TEMPLE INTENSIVELY AND UNDERGO SPECIAL AUSTERITIES DURING THAT MONTH, FOR EATING "MAHAPRASAD", THE TEMPLE FOOD. ALSO USED DURING THE HOT MONTHS FOR EATING "JALAKHIA", FERMENTED RICE-WATER. IMITATES THE SHAPE OF METAL BOWLS ALSO USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MADE IN AT LEAST 5 SIZES.
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: E423344-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 17 cm