Vessel "Chauta Tada"
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: BROAD, SHALLOW BASIN WITH WHEEL-THROWN RIM, SMOOTH ROUNDED BASE. IMPRESSED MARKS "HB" AND " ". MADE BY HARIBANDHU BISOI, MALE, AGED 65 (SEE REMARKS FOR CAT. # 423319), MARKED WITH HIS INITIALS & THE NAME OF THE POTTERS' ORGANIZATION, KUMBHARA NIJOGA (" "). USING THESE STAMPS IS AN INNOVATION ON THE PART OF THE HARIBANDHU, ALLEGEDLY TO DISTINGUISH HIS POTS FROM THOSE OF OTHERS. 6 PIECES SENT DAILY FOR KOTHA BHOG. SMALLEST OF 4 SIZES OF BASINS, "TADA". FORMERLY USED FOR DEEP- FRYING CAKES IN CLARIFIED BUTTER (GHEE); NOW REPLACED FOR THAT PURPOSE IN TEMPLE KITCHEN BY IRON PANS, USED ONLY FOR SERVING CAKES. FOUR PIECES OF A SPECIAL LARGEST SIZE MADE BY APPOINTED POTTERS AND SENT TO TEMPLE ON EACH OF TWO ANNUAL FESTIVALS, MAKARA SANKRANTI (14 JANUARY) AND SAPTAPURI AMABASYA (NEW MOON OF BHADRABA, JULY-AUGUST), USED FOR MIXING DOUGH FOR, AND SERVING, SPECIAL CAKES.
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: E423320-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 33.5 cm