Metal pot

Museum number:
9-6598a-d
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2064
Description:
Brass steamer for cooking thick rice cakes; a) tin-lined brass base with 2 ring handles; b) lid with brass finial; c-d) 2 perforated tinned brass inserts;see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch. “Vessels of this type are used by South Indians for making idlis, steamed rice cakes. Two perforated insets allow steaming six idlis at a time.” (text form India exh., 1965).
Donor:
Theodore D. McCown and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Pune, Maharashtra State, India
Collector:
Theodore D. McCown
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #127: University of California, Riverside (April 22, 1968–June 17, 1968) and S1977-1978 #35: El Camino College (February 10, 1978–June 27, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Metal pot, accession number 9-6598a-d, described as Brass steamer for cooking thick rice cakes; a) tin-lined brass base with 2 ring handles; b) lid with brass finial; c-d) 2 perforated tinned brass inserts;see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch. “Vessels of this type are used by South Indians for making idlis, steamed rice cakes. Two perforated insets allow steaming six idlis at a time.” (text form India exh., 1965).Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Metal pot, accession number 9-6598a-d, described as Brass steamer for cooking thick rice cakes; a) tin-lined brass base with 2 ring handles; b) lid with brass finial; c-d) 2 perforated tinned brass inserts;see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch. “Vessels of this type are used by South Indians for making idlis, steamed rice cakes. Two perforated insets allow steaming six idlis at a time.” (text form India exh., 1965).Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Metal pot, accession number 9-6598a-d, described as Brass steamer for cooking thick rice cakes; a) tin-lined brass base with 2 ring handles; b) lid with brass finial; c-d) 2 perforated tinned brass inserts;see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch. “Vessels of this type are used by South Indians for making idlis, steamed rice cakes. Two perforated insets allow steaming six idlis at a time.” (text form India exh., 1965).Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Metal pot, accession number 9-6598a-d, described as Brass steamer for cooking thick rice cakes; a) tin-lined brass base with 2 ring handles; b) lid with brass finial; c-d) 2 perforated tinned brass inserts;see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch. “Vessels of this type are used by South Indians for making idlis, steamed rice cakes. Two perforated insets allow steaming six idlis at a time.” (text form India exh., 1965).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal pot, accession number 9-6598a-d, described as Brass steamer for cooking thick rice cakes; a) tin-lined brass base with 2 ring handles; b) lid with brass finial; c-d) 2 perforated tinned brass inserts;see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch. “Vessels of this type are used by South Indians for making idlis, steamed rice cakes. Two perforated insets allow steaming six idlis at a time.” (text form India exh., 1965).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal pot, accession number 9-6598a-d, described as Brass steamer for cooking thick rice cakes; a) tin-lined brass base with 2 ring handles; b) lid with brass finial; c-d) 2 perforated tinned brass inserts;see accompanying envelope for native terminology and sketch. “Vessels of this type are used by South Indians for making idlis, steamed rice cakes. Two perforated insets allow steaming six idlis at a time.” (text form India exh., 1965).

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