Potter's Wheel Pivot "Sula"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Aug 1988
label: Collection Date
content: November 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: CYLINDRICAL BODY TAPERING TO A NIPPLE-LIKE POINT;SQUARED SHAFT. PURCHASED NEW, BY ORDER, FROM CARPENTER GOPALA MAHARONA, MALE, OF NUASAHI QUARTER, PURI TOWN, WHO DOES WOODWORKING AND CARPENTRY REQUIRED BY POTTERS. ORDER PLACED THROUGH POTTER; PRICE WAS 3 RUPEES (NOVEMBER, 1980) THE "SULA" IS ATTACHED TO THE CENTER OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WHEELHEAD. IT ROTATES IN THE "CHAKA BARADA" (SOCKET), LUBRICATED WITH OIL. ONE PIVOT IS EXPECTED TO LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS. THE CARPENTER IS ASKED TO SUPPLY AND INSTALL THE NEW PIVOT, INCLUDING CHECKING THE BALANCE OF THE WHEEL ON THE NEWLY-INSTALLED PIVOT. IT IS SOMETIMES MADE OF NEEM WOOD, IF THE POTTER REQUESTS IT--THE BITTER WOOD REPELS INSECTS AND WORMS--BUT THIS CARPENTER RECOMMENDS SAL WOOD FOR ITS STRENGTH.
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: E423368-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Potter's Wheel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 10.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 9.1 cm