Vessel "Pali Sara"
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: SHALLOW, CONICAL DISH WITH SMALL FOOT AND WIDE MOUTH. UNTRIMMED FOOT SHOWING SHELL-LIKE MARK OF CUTTING CORD. SOME SMOKE-BLACKENING ON RIM AND EXTERIOR. SCAR ON INTERIOR MADE BY REMOVING INCLUSION FROM WET CLAY. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46, IN 1980. MEDIUM- SIZED WHEEL-THROWN SERVING PLATE, HOLDS 500 GRAMS. 32 PIECES SENT DAILY FOR KOTHA BHOG (WITH CAT. # 423317 EXCEPTION TO THE RULE THAT ONLY BEATER-FACETED POTS MAY ENTER TEMPLE). THIS SHAPE FOLLOWS THE WHEEL-THROWN "KALASA" (RITUAL WATER-POT, NOT INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION) AS THE "FIRST WORK" DONE ON THE WHEEL FOLLOW- ING THE ANNUAL POTTERS' FESTIVAL, KURALA PANCAMI (SEE PAPER "TEMPLE POTTERS OF PURI," PP. 9-10). VARIOUS POTTERS MAKE BETWEEN 5 AND 20 OR MORE PIECES OF THIS SHAPE AT THAT TIME. THIS SHAPE IS MADE BECAUSE IT IS FINISHED IN ONE STEP, REQUIRING NO BEATING. THE POTS ARE NOT SOLD BUT KEPT FOR RITUAL USE IN THE HOME. POTS MADE BY MEN, AS REQUIRED, FOR THE DAILY ALLOTMENT OF POTS SENT COMMUNALLY FOR USE FOR KOTHA BHOG.
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: E423316-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 15.6 cm