Tumbler

Museum number:

9-11446

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21090011446

Alternate number:

LUK-2 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2697

Description:

tumbler, for drinking liquids; brass, hammered with some nickel wash on interior surface; incised ring ca. 1 cm below rim; cylindrical shape; 11 cm height; 7.5 cm. width; obtained by original owner during 'Diwali' festival in 1964; 2 days before 'Diwali' - 'Dhanteras' - it is auspicious to buy utensils

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner

Collection place:

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Verbatim coll. place:

India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow

Collector:

Richard Lerner

Collection date:

December 12, 1969

Materials:

Brass (alloy) (brass, cast and hammered, with nickel wash on interior)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Tumblers (drinking glasses)

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1970

Context of use:

for drinking liquids

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

height 11 centimeters and width 7.5 centimeters

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