Vessel "Mandua 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: ADDITIONAL POT MADE BY MEN, OCCASSIONALLY , FOR THE TEMPLE. SHALLOW, CONICAL DISH WITH SMALL FOOT AND WIDE MOUTH. INVERTED RIM. UNTRIMMED FOOT SHOWING SHELL-LIKE MARK OF CUTTING CORD. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46 IN 1980. USED FOR SERVING THE CAKE CALLED "MANDUA" MADE FROM WHEAT OR RICE FLOUR, DRY CURDS, AND BROWN SUGAR, AND STEAMED. THIS CAKE IS OFFERED TO THE DIETIES OF JAGANNATH TEMPLE ONLY ON THE OCCASSION OF CHANDRAN YATRA, DURING THE MONTH OF VAISAKHA (APRIL-MAY), WHEN THE DIETIES ARE ENTERTAINED ABOARD BOATS IN NARENDRA TANK. HOLDS 100GRAMS.
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: E423315-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 11.4 cm