Basket "Beta"
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: RELATED TO THE ORIYA WORD FOR CANE. PURCHASED IN PURI MARKET, NOVEMBER 1980, AT COST OF 16 RUPEES. ALL- PURPOSE BASKET USED GENERALLY IN THE REGION, IN VARIOUS SIZES. USES BY THE POTTERS INCLUDE: 1) FORMERLY USED BY MEN (BEARERS EMPLOYED FROM THE FARMER COMMUNITY IN THE SAME VILLAGE) TO CARRY ALL POTS MADE BY MEN TO THE TEMPLE. THESE POTS ARE NOW TRANSPORTED BY OXCART BUT 2) THE BETA IS STILL THE UNIT BY WHICH POTS ARE SOLD TO THE TEMPLE; THE NUMBER OF POTS OF A GIVEN SIZE PER BETA IS FIXED, AND THE SELLING PRICE IS QUOTED PER BETA . 3) THE BETA IS ALSO THE MEASURE FOR THE QUANTITY OF POTS TO BE SENT DAILY TO THE TEMPLE OF KOTHA BOG (4 BETA ARE SENT DAILY); 4) STILL USED BY WOMEN (USUALLY MIDDLE-AGED OR ELDERLY POTTER WOMEN) TO CARRY THEIR OWN POTS TO THE TEMPLE, COVERED BY A CLEAN CLOTH. THE BASKET IS CARRIED ON THE HEAD, PADDED BY A SOFT CLEAN CLOTH PLACED ON THE CROWN OF THE HEAD; 5) USED BY WOMEN, DURING CLAY DIGGING, FOR TRANSPORTING LOADS OF FRESHLY-DUG CLAY FROM THE DIGGING SITE WITHIN THE VILLAGE. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tikarapada Village / Puri Town Market, Puri, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Oriya Kumbharas, Kumbhara-Bisois, Jagannath Temple Potters
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361229
label: USNM Number
content: E423349-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 49 cm