Sugar / Tea Container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1971
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Carolyn Moll
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Carolyn Moll
notes: label: Notes
content: Wooden container with lid and detachable lid handle. Dark red with bright orange, yellow, and black floral motifs. Donor calls this a "handmade sugar or tea container with Afghan coat of arms." "A commonplace container finished with engraved designs in a matrix of wax-based colors. I have heard that this work is primarily done in Pakistan, but this one I bought from its craftsman in the tiny village of Sewa (Shawa) in the Konar River Valley. The tools used in making such containers are very primitive [sic]. It is one of unusual quality".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Sewa, Afghanistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Afghan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 366839
label: USNM Number
content: E431526-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tea Jar
physicalDescription: label: Height - 1 Of 3 (Top)
content: 11.5 cm
label: Diameter - 1 Of 3 (Top)
content: 6.5 cm
label: Height - 2 Of 3 (Lid)
content: 11.5 cm
label: Diameter - 2 Of 3 (Lid)
content: 23.5 cm
label: Height - 3 Of 3 (Container)
content: 11.5 cm
label: Diameter - 3 Of 3 (Container)
content: 23.5 cm