Pottery Making Anvil "Pinda"
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: THE TERM "PINDA" (LIT. "LUMP")IS ALSO APPLIED TO THE BALL OF COOKED RICE OFFERED TO THE ANCESTORS DURING THE CEREMONY OF FEEDING THE ANCESTORS, SHRADDA. BROKEN FRAGMENT OF A USED PINDA, FOUND DISCARDED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TIKARAPADA VILLAGE, FEBRUARY, 1980. SUCH BROKEN TOOLS WOULD BE SYSTEMATICALLY DISCARDED DURING THE ANNUAL CLEAN-UP OF THE WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF "KURALA PANCAMI". A SIZE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED BY A MALE POTTTER. HAND FORMED, BEATEN INTO SHAPE AND POLISHED
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 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: E423352-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Anvil
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 9.3 cm