Vessel "Bada Matha Kudia"
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: WIDE-MOUTH, ROUNDED BASE. UPRIGHT RIM, INTERIOR SLIGHTLY CONCAVE, UPPER EDGE SLOPING OUTWARD AND DOWN, EXTERIOR SLIGHTLY CONVEX. THROWN SHOULDER. FIVE ROWS OF BEATEN FACETS AND CIRCULAR BEATEN MARK ("TOPI") ON BASE. TRACES OF ASH USED IN BEATING PROCESS ON INTERIOR. MADE BY MAGA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROX. 46. MADE NOVEMBER 1980. THE NAME IS SAID TO COME FROM THE FACT THAT THIS SIZE POT WAS USED FOR OFFERINGS MADE BY THE BADA ORIYA MATHA, A MONASTERY FOUNDED BY JAGANNATH DAS IN PURI IN THE 16TH CENTURY. SAME SIZE AS "TIKILI HANDI". CAPACITY 8.5 LITERS. COST .75-.85 RUPEES EACH (SELLING PRICE TO TEMPLE COOKS' ORGANIZATION). BETA-LOAD = 25-30 POTS (SEE CAT. #423349).
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
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: E423310-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 23.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 24.5 cm