Water Basin "Pani Kunda"
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: DEEP CONICAL BASIN, BROAD BASE, SLIGHTLY FLARINGWALLS, AND EVERTED HORIZONTAL RIM; BLACK MOLD SPOTS ON EXTERIOR; RIM CRACKED DURING SHIPPING. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46 IN NOVEMBER 1980. "KUNDA", THE GENERIC SHAPE, IS USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, COMES IN VARIOUS SIZES; EG FOR STORING BETEL, ETC. IN VILLAGE STORECF. "PHULAKUNDA" ("FLOWER POT"). USED BY THE MALE POTTERSONLY FOR CONTAINING THE WATER THAT THEY USE FOR THE THROW-ING AND BEATING PROCESSES IN MAKING THEIR POTS; CLEANED ONCE A YEAR DURING THE ANNUAL CLEAN-UP OF THE WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THE CELEBRATION OF "KURALA PANCAMI". EXTERIOR WALL SCRAPED.SEE CAT. #428369
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: E423350-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Water Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 20.2 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 30.8 cm