Vessel

Museum number:
9-11833
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Vessel; copper water vessel with U-shaped handle above; spout is in shape of bulls’ head; vessel is oblong. Bull on spout indicates user would be a devotee of Shiva.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Vessels (containers)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1977-1978 #35: El Camino College (February 10, 1978–June 27, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Vessel, accession number 9-11833, described as Vessel; copper water vessel with U-shaped handle above; spout is in shape of bulls’ head; vessel is oblong. Bull on spout indicates user would be a devotee of Shiva.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Vessel, accession number 9-11833, described as Vessel; copper water vessel with U-shaped handle above; spout is in shape of bulls’ head; vessel is oblong. Bull on spout indicates user would be a devotee of Shiva.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vessel, accession number 9-11833, described as Vessel; copper water vessel with U-shaped handle above; spout is in shape of bulls’ head; vessel is oblong. Bull on spout indicates user would be a devotee of Shiva.

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