Dish

Museum number:
9-12139
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
175 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2966
Description:
Tinned copper dish; circular, flat with straight sides. Stacked in a large vessel. Used for steaming sandhana, a dish of sweetened rice cakes made with toddy, a palm liquor. Native name kharkhir. Diameter 18 cm, height 3.8 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:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
Dec. 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dish, accession number 9-12139, described as Tinned copper dish; circular, flat with straight sides. Stacked in a large vessel. Used for steaming sandhana, a dish of sweetened rice cakes made with toddy, a palm liquor. Native name kharkhir. Diameter 18 cm, height 3.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dish, accession number 9-12139, described as Tinned copper dish; circular, flat with straight sides. Stacked in a large vessel. Used for steaming sandhana, a dish of sweetened rice cakes made with toddy, a palm liquor. Native name kharkhir. Diameter 18 cm, height 3.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12139, described as Tinned copper dish; circular, flat with straight sides. Stacked in a large vessel. Used for steaming sandhana, a dish of sweetened rice cakes made with toddy, a palm liquor. Native name kharkhir. Diameter 18 cm, height 3.8 cm.

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