Vessel

Museum number:
9-12149
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Accession number:
Acc.2966
Description:
Tinned copper water vessel; globular with narrow neck, flaring rim; inscription incised on side reads in Gujerati the owner's name and date of 1943. Native name nahvanu kalasyo or lota. For use in bathing. See accession envelope for copy inscription and translation. Height 13 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. B. Dumasia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Vessels (containers)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
Dec. 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Vessel, accession number 9-12149, described as Tinned copper water vessel; globular with narrow neck, flaring rim; inscription incised on side reads in Gujerati the owner's name and date of 1943. Native name nahvanu kalasyo or lota. For use in bathing. See accession envelope for copy inscription and translation. Height 13 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Vessel, accession number 9-12149, described as Tinned copper water vessel; globular with narrow neck, flaring rim; inscription incised on side reads in Gujerati the owner's name and date of 1943. Native name nahvanu kalasyo or lota. For use in bathing. See accession envelope for copy inscription and translation. Height 13 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vessel, accession number 9-12149, described as Tinned copper water vessel; globular with narrow neck, flaring rim; inscription incised on side reads in Gujerati the owner's name and date of 1943. Native name nahvanu kalasyo or lota. For use in bathing. See accession envelope for copy inscription and translation. Height 13 cm.

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