Pot rest

Museum number:
9-11594
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
SIT-5 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
pot rest; thick ring or coil of straw and palm leaf; loop handle; outer rim 19 cm. Made by - Baij Nath
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Sitapur district, Naiwadia
Culture or time period:
Indian and Indian cultures
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
February 21, 1970
Materials:
Palm leaf (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pot stands
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
For resting pot on head. Used by women only. Made by men or women in village
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
outer diameter— diameter 19 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pot rest, accession number 9-11594, described as pot rest; thick ring or coil of straw and palm leaf; loop handle; outer rim 19 cm. Made by - Baij NathHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pot rest, accession number 9-11594, described as pot rest; thick ring or coil of straw and palm leaf; loop handle; outer rim 19 cm. Made by - Baij Nath
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot rest, accession number 9-11594, described as pot rest; thick ring or coil of straw and palm leaf; loop handle; outer rim 19 cm. Made by - Baij Nath

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