Utensils, pair

Museum number:
9-10908a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
6ab (original number) and 9-10908a
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Beawar, Ajmer district, Rajasthan
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Beawar
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
March 1969
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
used daily by men and women at bath time; skin is wetted, then scrubbed with implement until clean; made by men of potter caste - 'Kumhar'
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and length 11 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Utensils, pair, accession number 9-10908a,b, described as utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Utensils, pair, accession number 9-10908a,b, described as utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Utensils, pair, accession number 9-10908a,b, described as utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Utensils, pair, accession number 9-10908a,b, described as utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Utensils, pair, accession number 9-10908a,b, described as utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Utensils, pair, accession number 9-10908a,b, described as utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Utensils, pair, accession number 9-10908a,b, described as utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Utensils, pair, accession number 9-10908a,b, described as utensils, pair; clay heart-shaped utensils width rough functional surfaces and ringlike handles; 11 cm length; 8 cm width ceramic, molded.

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