container, ritual, for rice and vermilion paste; brass; yoni-shaped peacock figure on front; 13.5 cm length; 5 cm width.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Delhi State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Delhi
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used by men, women, to store rice and vermilion paste; container filled for storage, take out for ceremonies - marriage, birth, brother-sister day etc. Container filled with vermilion powder. Made by men, metalworker.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters and length 13.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1979-1980 #30: University of California Library (December 11, 1979–January 3, 1980) and S1979-1980 #35: University of California, Santa Cruz (January 4, 1980–March 3, 1980)