Butter-melting pot and lid
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 May 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Arthur A. Leeper
label: Donor Name
content: Arthur A. Leeper
notes: label: Notes
content: 1/2 BUTTER-MELTING POT WITH HANDLE, FILTER AND SPROUT. BOTTOM OF POT BLACKENED FROM USE. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR, THIS IS USED TO MELT BUTTER IN THE MAKING OF TEA OR TO ADD BUTTER TO THE LARGE BUTTER LAMPS BURNING IN TEMPLE. L. 12.8CM, HANDLE L. 26.2CM MOUTH DIA 14.5CM. 2/2 LID FOR BUTTER-MELTING POT COVERS COMPLETELY THE MOUTH AND SPROUT. W. 14.6CM; 25CM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358174
label: USNM Number
content: E423773-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - 1 Of 2
content: 12.8 cm
label: Length - 1 Of 2, Handle
content: 26.2 cm
label: Diameter - 1 Of 2, Mouth
content: 14.5 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2 Lid
content: 14.6 cm
label: Unknown - 2 Of 2
content: 25 cm