bowl for holding dry ingredients of pan (i.e. lime, spices, tobacco.); copper, plated; 11.3 cm. Width; 5.3 cm. Height
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Delhi State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Delhi
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
December 1969
Materials:
Copper (metal) (plated?)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used to hold dry ingredients of pna (i.e. lime, spices, tobacco, etc.); used by men; pan is described on 9-11146; part of set 9-11146 through 9-11159; made by men