Vessel "Ghadi"
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 NILAMANI BISOI, FEMALE, AGED 36 IN NOVEMBER, 1980. ALSO CALLED "MOCIGHADI" WHEN USED IN MARRIAGE CEREMONY TO HOLD "LIA", PUFFED RICE. (SEE CAT.# 323343). USED TOGETHER WITH "PATHULI" (CAT. # 423336). AS A SET, USED FOR GIFT-GIVING (CONTAINING SWEETS, PARCHEDRICE, CHOPPED FRUITS) AT WEDDINGS AND ESPECIALLY ON DAY CALLED "AKSAYA TRTIYA", ONE OF THE MOST AUSPICIOUS DAYS OF THE YEAR. THIS OCCURS IN THE MONTH OF VAISAKA (APRIL-MAY)CONSTRUED AS THE DAY ON WHICH SATYAYUGA COMMENCES AND HENCE A FAVORABLE DAY FOR THE BEGINNING OF ANY NEW VENTURE. CONSTRUCTION OF THE THREE CARS ("RATHAS) FOR THE RATHA YATRA ("CAR FESTIVAL") BEGINS ANNUALLY ON THIS DAY. SOME-TIMES USED IN THE MONTH OF KARTTIKA (OCT-NOV) BY WIDOWS FOR EARLY MORNING WORSHIP. SOMETIMES USED FOR OFFERING FOODS ("BHOG") TO GODS DURING FESTIVAL OF DOLAYATRA (HOLI)RED; DECORATION OF LIME WASH AND RED DYE (ALATA- APPLIED BY WOMEN TO FEET)
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: E423335-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 4.7 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 5.8 cm