Cooking pot

Museum number:
9-6595
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2064
Description:
2-handled brass cooking pot; “Brass karai or frying pan. The curving sides make for economical use of oil in deep frying.” (text from India exh., 1975); see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch.
Donor:
Theodore D. McCown and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Pune, Maharashtra State, India
Collector:
Theodore D. McCown
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking pots
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #127: University of California, Riverside (April 22, 1968–June 17, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cooking pot, accession number 9-6595, described as 2-handled brass cooking pot; “Brass karai or frying pan. The curving sides make for economical use of oil in deep frying.” (text from India exh., 1975); see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cooking pot, accession number 9-6595, described as 2-handled brass cooking pot; “Brass karai or frying pan. The curving sides make for economical use of oil in deep frying.” (text from India exh., 1975); see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cooking pot, accession number 9-6595, described as 2-handled brass cooking pot; “Brass karai or frying pan. The curving sides make for economical use of oil in deep frying.” (text from India exh., 1975); see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking pot, accession number 9-6595, described as 2-handled brass cooking pot; “Brass karai or frying pan. The curving sides make for economical use of oil in deep frying.” (text from India exh., 1975); see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking pot, accession number 9-6595, described as 2-handled brass cooking pot; “Brass karai or frying pan. The curving sides make for economical use of oil in deep frying.” (text from India exh., 1975); see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch.

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