Vessel "Serikia Oli"
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: UPRIGHT RIM WITH IRREGULAR EDGE; SLOPING SHOULDER; THREE ROWS OF BEATEN FACETS AND CIRCULAR BEATEN MARK ("TOPI") ON BASE. TRACES OF ASH USED IN BEATING PROCESS ON INTERIOR. ALSO CALLED "PAKHALA OLI" ("FERMENTED-RICE-WATER CUP", FOR A FOOD PREPARED DURING THE HOT MONTHS: LEFTOVER COOKED RICE MIXED WITH WATER, LEFT TO STAND OVERNIGHT). ALSO CALLED "RANGABASA OLI" ("WATER-PERFUMED-WITH-NUTMEG-PASTE CUP," FOR AN ITEM OFFERED TO THE DIETIES IN THE TEMPLE). 172 PIECES SENT DAILY FOR KOTHA BHOG (1980: COMPARE 195 PIECES IN 1959). CAN BE MADE EITHER BY WHEEL (I.E. BY MALE POTTER) OR BY HAND (I.E. BY FEMALE POTTER). HOLDS ONE SEER, OR 1 KILO- GRAM OR 1 LITER. MADE BY NILAMANI BISOI, FEMALE, AGED 36 IN NOVEMBER, 1980.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361229
label: USNM Number
content: E423327-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 12.3 cm