Container

Museum number:

9-11011a

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Alternate number:

309 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2696

Description:

Water carrier, ritual; brass and copper; brass and copper 13 cm length; 10 cm width

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund

Collection place:

Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh

Culture or time period:

Indian

Collector:

Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro

Collection date:

January 1970

Materials:

Brass (alloy) and Copper (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Containers (receptacles)

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

November 11, 1970

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

width 10 centimeters and length 13 centimeters

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