Vessel "Bhata Kudia" ("Rice Kudia")
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: MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE AGED APPROX. 46. MADE NOVEMBER 1980. ALSO CALLED BY CORRECT CLASSICAL ORIYA TERM "KUDUA"; "KUDIA" IS COLLOQUIAL. COMPARE TERM "ATIKA" USED TO DESIGNATE THE ORDINARY ROUND-BOTTOMED COOKING POT WITH THE THIN EVERTED RIM (AND SOMETIMES MADE BLACK BY A SPECIAL FIRING PROCESS), SOLD IN THE MARKET- PLACE FOR HOUSEHOLD USE. THE "ATIKA" IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE TEMPLE. CAPACITY 1.90 LITERS. COST (1980) .25-.28 RUPEES EACH (SELLING PRICE TO TEMPLE COOKS' ORGANI- ZATION). SOLD FULL OF RICE IN TEMPLE BAZAAR (1980) FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 RUPEES. WIDE MOUTH, ROUNDED BASE. RIM SLIGHTLY CONCAVE ON INTERIOR, CONVEX ON EXTERIOR, UPRIGHT.SHOULDER SHAPED BY WHEEL THROWING. 4 ROWS OF BEATEN FACETS AND CIRCULAR BEATEN MARK ("TOPI") ON BASE. TRACES OF ASH USED IN BEATING PROCESS ON INTERIOR. WHEEL-THROWN THEN SHAPED AND FACETED WITH PADDLE AND ANVIL SEE CAT. #423352 - 423360.
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: E423305-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 14.3 cm