Potter's Paddle "Tara Pitana" (Faceting Paddle")
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: ELONGATED RECTANGULAR FLAT-SIDED PADDLE WITH BLUNT END; LONG ROUNDED HANDLE; SPOTS OF LIME-WATER (WHITE-PIGMENT). COLLECTED FROM BRAJA BISOI, MALE, AGED APPROXIMATELY 25. MADE AT UNKNOWN DATE BY UNKNOWN LOCAL CARPENTER; USED AND WORN. ACCORDING TO BRAJA, THIS SIZE COULD BE USED BY EITHER MALE OR FEMALE POTTER. RE: SPOTS OF LIME-WATER, SEE #47, CAT. #423354.
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: E423356-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Paddle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm