Vessel

Museum number:
9-12138
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
173 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2966
Description:
Tinned copper vessel; globular with flared rim. Native name dudh ni tapeli (milk vessel). For keeping aside or warming milk for a child. Diameter 9.8 at rim, height 5.5 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:
Vessels (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
Dec. 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Vessel, accession number 9-12138, described as Tinned copper vessel; globular with flared rim. Native name dudh ni tapeli (milk vessel). For keeping aside or warming milk for a child. Diameter 9.8 at rim, height 5.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Vessel, accession number 9-12138, described as Tinned copper vessel; globular with flared rim. Native name dudh ni tapeli (milk vessel). For keeping aside or warming milk for a child. Diameter 9.8 at rim, height 5.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vessel, accession number 9-12138, described as Tinned copper vessel; globular with flared rim. Native name dudh ni tapeli (milk vessel). For keeping aside or warming milk for a child. Diameter 9.8 at rim, height 5.5 cm.

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