Potter's Scraper "Genda"
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: NATURAL SHELLS WITH PORTIONS OF "DOMES" GROUND OFF. THE SHELL IS CONSIDERED BY ORIYA KUMBHARA TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN THE CONCH SHELL (SANKHA) EMBLEM OF VISNU THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE DEITY TO THE ORIGINAL POTTERS FOR USE AS A TOOL. USED BY MALE POTTERS IN PARTICULAR TO SCRAPE EXCESS CLAY OFF "PINDA"; TO SCRAPE EXCESS CLAY OFF WALLS OF LARGE SIZES OF POTS (ESPECIALLY "BAI HANDI") BEFORE BEATING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 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: E423369-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.5 cm