Vessel "Mocihadi"
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: SPHERICAL JAR WITH CONSTRICTED NECK, EVERTED RIM, ROUNDED BASE. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46 IN NOVEMBER 1980. SIX PIECES SHOULD BE PRESENTED AS PART OF THE ASSEMBLAGE FOR USE AT A MARRIAGE CEREMONY. FIRED FOR PURPOSE OF COLLECTING AND SHIPPING ONLY; IN CEREMON- IALS USED DRIED BUT UNFIRED. WHEN USED AT THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY, FILLED WITH PARCHED RICE ("LIA"). AT ONE POINT IN THE CEREMONY, THE GROOM POURS THE PARCHED RICE ONTO THE BRIDE'S HANDS, WHEREUPON SHE POURS IT INTO THE SACRED POT ("KALASA").
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
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: E423343-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 4.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 5.5 cm