Saucer/Stand "Pathuli" Used With Jar (Cat 423335)
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: HEMISPHERICAL SAUCER WITH WIDE HORIZONTAL RIM. MADE BY NILAMANI BISOI, FEMALE, AGED 36 IN NOVEMBER 1980. USED TOGETHER WITH "GHADI" (SEE CAT. #423335). THE LIME WASH ("CUNA") IS A MARK OF AUSPICIOUSNESS ("SUBHA") AND IS ALSO THOUGHT TO PURIFY THE OBJECT TO WHICH IT IS APPLIED.RED (EITHER PAINTED OR THE NATURAL COLOR OF THE OXIDATION-FIRED POT) AND WHITE ARE THUS A PURE AND AUSPICIOUS COMBINATION OF COLORS SUITED TO THE USES OF THE "GHADI PATHULI". LIME WASH AND RED DYE IS APPLIED BY WOMEN TO THEIR FEET.
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: E423336-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saucer
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 2.2 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 7.2 cm