Water vessel

Museum number:
9-12862
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
water vessel; brass globular water vessel with flaring rim; elaborately engraved designs; 4 distinctly different areas of design on body are area of diamonds, zigzags, diamonds with central dots and curvilinear wave-like design; copper banding at neck; height 14 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Mysore, Karnataka State, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Vessels (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1977-1978 #35: El Camino College (February 10, 1978–June 27, 1978), S1985-1986 #14: Heffernan Films (October 18, 1985–unknown), S1985-1986 #20: Heffernan Films (December 12, 1985–January 13, 1986), and S1985-1986 #44: Heffernan Films (June 18, 1986–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Water vessel, accession number 9-12862, described as water vessel; brass globular water vessel with flaring rim; elaborately engraved designs; 4 distinctly different areas of design on body are area of diamonds, zigzags, diamonds with central dots and curvilinear wave-like design; copper banding at neck; height 14 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Water vessel, accession number 9-12862, described as water vessel; brass globular water vessel with flaring rim; elaborately engraved designs; 4 distinctly different areas of design on body are area of diamonds, zigzags, diamonds with central dots and curvilinear wave-like design; copper banding at neck; height 14 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Water vessel, accession number 9-12862, described as water vessel; brass globular water vessel with flaring rim; elaborately engraved designs; 4 distinctly different areas of design on body are area of diamonds, zigzags, diamonds with central dots and curvilinear wave-like design; copper banding at neck; height 14 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Water vessel, accession number 9-12862, described as water vessel; brass globular water vessel with flaring rim; elaborately engraved designs; 4 distinctly different areas of design on body are area of diamonds, zigzags, diamonds with central dots and curvilinear wave-like design; copper banding at neck; height 14 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water vessel, accession number 9-12862, described as water vessel; brass globular water vessel with flaring rim; elaborately engraved designs; 4 distinctly different areas of design on body are area of diamonds, zigzags, diamonds with central dots and curvilinear wave-like design; copper banding at neck; height 14 cm.

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