Vessel "Chaha Oli"
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: UPRIGHT SIDES WITH IRREGULAR RIM; PRONOUNCED SHOULDER; HEMISPHERICAL BASE. ALSO CALLED "ADHAPAIA" ("ONE-HALF PA") THE EQUIVALENT IN TRADITIONAL LOCAL MEASUREMENT OF ONE-EIGHTH SEER, OR 125 GRAMS. SAID TO HAVE BEEN KNOWN, FORMERLY (BEFORE THE SPREAD OF THE CUSTOMOF DRINKING TEA) AS "MUGABADHA", BECAUSE CUPS OF THIS SIZEWERE SENT TO THE TEMPLE AS PART OF THE KOTHA BHOG ALLOTMENT AND USED FOR OFFERING "MUGA" (GREEN GRAM SOAKED IN WATER, WASHED, AND SKINNED). USED IN TEA SHOPS FOR SERVING TEA (BEING REPLACED BY PORCELAIN CUPS OR GLASSES, BUT STILL DEMANDED BY THE ORTHODOX); USED ON TRAIN-STA- TION PLATFORMS FOR VENDING TEA TO PASSENGERS; USED FOR SELLING SPECIFIED WEIGHT OF CURDS, SWEETS IN SYRUP, DRY CURDS, ETC; USED IN RESTAURANTS TO HOLD SMALL INDIVIDUAL SERVINGS OF VARIOUS CURRIES FOR MEALS SERVED TO THE ORTHO-DOX (WHERE STAINLESS STEEL OR BRASS CUPS WOULD ORDINARILY BE USED). MADE BY NILAMANI BISOI, FEMALE, AGED 36.
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: E423323-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 7.3 cm