Vessel "Chai Kunda" ("Ash Basin")
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: DEEP CONICAL BASIN, BROAD BASE, SLIGHTLY FLARING WALLS, AND EVERTED HORIZONTAL RIM. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46 IN NOVEMBER 1980. LIKE CAT. # 423350, AN ALL-PURPOSE VESSEL SOLD IN THE GENERAL MARKET. USED BY MALE POTTERS ONLY FOR CONTAINING THE WOOD-ASH THAT THEY USE FOR THE BEATING PROCESS IN MAKING THEIR POTS (SPRINKLED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE CLAY VESSEL, THE ASH PREVENTS THE PINDA (SEE CAT. #423352-423353) FROM STICKINGTO THE DAMP CLAY. POSITIONED FOR USE AS A PROP FOR THE LEFT KNEE DURING CERTAIN PHASES OF THE BEATING PROCESS. CLEANED ONCE A YEAR DURING THE ANNUAL CLEAN-UP OF THE WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THE CELEBRATION OF "KURALIA PANCAMI". EXTERIOR WALL SCRAPED. SEE CAT. #423369
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: E423351-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 17.3 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 27.1 cm