Vessel "Puli Sara" (Dough Plate)
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: SHALLOW, CONICAL DISH WITH SMALL FOOT AND WIDE MOUTH. UNTRIMMED FOOT SHOWING SHELL-LIKE MARK OF CUTTING CORD. SOME SMOKE-BLACKENING ON EXTERIOR. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46, IN 1980. ALSO CALLED "BADA SARA" ("BIG PLATE"). LARGEST SIZE OF WHEEL-THROWN SERVINGPLATE. HOLDS 1000 GRAMS. 18 PIECES SENT DAILY FOR KOTHA BHOG (WITH CAT. #423316, EXCEPTION TO THE RULE THAT ONLY BEATER-FACETED POTS MAY ENTER THE TEMPLE). ALSO OBSERVED IN USE FOR BURNING INCENSE POWDER ON BED OF SMOLDERING COCONUT FIBER (COIR).
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: E423317-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 17.5 cm