Vessel "Juighadi"
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: CUP WITH WIDEST DIAMETER TOWARD BASE, NARROWER MOUTH; HEAVY FOR SIZE; CRACKED DURING FIRING. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46. FIRED FOR PURPOSE OF COLLECTING AND SHIPPING ONLY; CEREMONIALS, USED DRIED BUT UNFIRED. ONE GIVEN AS PART OF ASSEMBLAGE. DURING MARRIAGE CEREMONY, USED TO HOLD COWRIE SHELLS (TRADITIONAL"MONEY", A SYMBOL OF WEALTH) FOR A RITUAL GAME PLAYED BY THE BRIDE AND GROOM. (FOR THE COWRIE GAMES PLAYED AT BENGALI MARRIAGE CEREMONIES, SEE LINA FRUZETTI, THE GIFT OF A VIRGIN, 1982, NEW BRUNSWICK: RUTGERS U. PRESS.PP.80- 84. WHILE NOT IDENTICAL, BENGAKI AND ORIYA PRACTICES ARE CLOSELY RELATED.
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: E423340-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 5.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6.5 cm