Potter's Paddle "Gura Pitana" ("Opening Paddle")
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: LARGE LEAF-SHAPED PADDLE WITH CONCAVE FACES; LONGROUNDED HANDLE; SPOTS OF LIME-WATER (WHITE PIGMENT) AND "SINDURA" (RED PIGMENT). MADE LIKE CAT. #423354, BY A LOCAL CARPENTER ACCUSTOMED TO DOING WOODWORKING FOR POTTERS. COLLECTED FROM WORKSHOP OF DINABANDHU BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 70 (DIED 1981), COLLECTED NOVEMBER, 1980. USED & WORN. THE BROAD CONCAVE SURFACE OF THIS TYPE OF "PITANA" IS USED IN THE FIRST (EXPANDING & CONSOL-IDATING) STAGE OF BEATING, TO ENLARGE THE WHEEL-THROWN FORM AND ADD EXTRA CLAY TO CLOSE THE HOLE IN THE BASE. RE: MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN, SPOTS OF LIME-WATER AND "SINDURA"SEE CAT. #423354. "GURA" FROM THE VERB "GUREIBA", "TO OPEN", OR "GURA KORIBA", "TO DO OPENING".
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: E423355-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 34.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10.5 cm