Container

Museum number:
9-12877
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012877
Alternate number:
40 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
container; mango-shaped cast brass pomander/betel nut holder; bottom has curvilinear and geometric designs and lattice work; hinged lid has peacock finial; h. 16 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan (may also be from Bengal)
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection date:
Summer 1972
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Context of use:
1. As a pomander (perfume box) suspended from a belt, stuffed w/ attar-soaked cloth or cotton; 2. as a 'sopari' (betel nut) holder. made by men.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Container, accession number 9-12877, described as container; mango-shaped cast brass pomander/betel nut holder; bottom has curvilinear and geometric designs and lattice work; hinged lid has peacock finial; h. 16 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Container, accession number 9-12877, described as container; mango-shaped cast brass pomander/betel nut holder; bottom has curvilinear and geometric designs and lattice work; hinged lid has peacock finial; h. 16 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Container, accession number 9-12877, described as container; mango-shaped cast brass pomander/betel nut holder; bottom has curvilinear and geometric designs and lattice work; hinged lid has peacock finial; h. 16 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Container, accession number 9-12877, described as container; mango-shaped cast brass pomander/betel nut holder; bottom has curvilinear and geometric designs and lattice work; hinged lid has peacock finial; h. 16 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-12877, described as container; mango-shaped cast brass pomander/betel nut holder; bottom has curvilinear and geometric designs and lattice work; hinged lid has peacock finial; h. 16 cm.

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