Metal bowl

Museum number:
9-12151
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Accession number:
Acc.2966
Description:
German silver bowl. Shallow, globular in shpae; incised Gujerati inscription translates as "AJD 1285" (1916 AD). Native name "German no kasyo". Used by priests for tea etc. while engaged in prayers when crockery is forbidden. Even this is handled with cloth or gloves to avoid pollution. See accession envelope fro copy of inscription and translation. Rim diameter 12 cm, height 5.4 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. B. Dumasia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
Dec. 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Metal bowl, accession number 9-12151, described as German silver bowl. Shallow, globular in shpae; incised Gujerati inscription translates as "AJD 1285" (1916 AD). Native name "German no kasyo". Used by priests for tea etc. while engaged in prayers when crockery is forbidden. Even this is handled with cloth or gloves to avoid pollution. See accession envelope fro copy of inscription and translation. Rim diameter 12 cm, height 5.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Metal bowl, accession number 9-12151, described as German silver bowl. Shallow, globular in shpae; incised Gujerati inscription translates as "AJD 1285" (1916 AD). Native name "German no kasyo". Used by priests for tea etc. while engaged in prayers when crockery is forbidden. Even this is handled with cloth or gloves to avoid pollution. See accession envelope fro copy of inscription and translation. Rim diameter 12 cm, height 5.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Metal bowl, accession number 9-12151, described as German silver bowl. Shallow, globular in shpae; incised Gujerati inscription translates as "AJD 1285" (1916 AD). Native name "German no kasyo". Used by priests for tea etc. while engaged in prayers when crockery is forbidden. Even this is handled with cloth or gloves to avoid pollution. See accession envelope fro copy of inscription and translation. Rim diameter 12 cm, height 5.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Metal bowl, accession number 9-12151, described as German silver bowl. Shallow, globular in shpae; incised Gujerati inscription translates as "AJD 1285" (1916 AD). Native name "German no kasyo". Used by priests for tea etc. while engaged in prayers when crockery is forbidden. Even this is handled with cloth or gloves to avoid pollution. See accession envelope fro copy of inscription and translation. Rim diameter 12 cm, height 5.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Metal bowl, accession number 9-12151, described as German silver bowl. Shallow, globular in shpae; incised Gujerati inscription translates as "AJD 1285" (1916 AD). Native name "German no kasyo". Used by priests for tea etc. while engaged in prayers when crockery is forbidden. Even this is handled with cloth or gloves to avoid pollution. See accession envelope fro copy of inscription and translation. Rim diameter 12 cm, height 5.4 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal bowl, accession number 9-12151, described as German silver bowl. Shallow, globular in shpae; incised Gujerati inscription translates as "AJD 1285" (1916 AD). Native name "German no kasyo". Used by priests for tea etc. while engaged in prayers when crockery is forbidden. Even this is handled with cloth or gloves to avoid pollution. See accession envelope fro copy of inscription and translation. Rim diameter 12 cm, height 5.4 cm.

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