Puri press

Museum number:
9-16393
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3659
Description:
Puri Press: press for decorating unleavened bread. Carved wood, with 2 pieces hinged at the end of long handles. Carvings of flower, star. Maximum length 40.5 cm.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gujarat State, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Presses (culinary tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Puri press, accession number 9-16393, described as Puri Press: press for decorating unleavened bread. Carved wood, with 2 pieces hinged at the end of long handles. Carvings of flower, star. Maximum length 40.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Puri press, accession number 9-16393, described as Puri Press: press for decorating unleavened bread. Carved wood, with 2 pieces hinged at the end of long handles. Carvings of flower, star. Maximum length 40.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Puri press, accession number 9-16393, described as Puri Press: press for decorating unleavened bread. Carved wood, with 2 pieces hinged at the end of long handles. Carvings of flower, star. Maximum length 40.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puri press, accession number 9-16393, described as Puri Press: press for decorating unleavened bread. Carved wood, with 2 pieces hinged at the end of long handles. Carvings of flower, star. Maximum length 40.5 cm.

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