Model Pot Item Number: B611 a from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Model pot with lid (B611 b). The pot is plain and the red colour may have been the result of the pot being dipped in a clay slip. The pot is tapered near the bottom, widens at the centre, and tapers back in to create a lipped rim. The lid (B611 b) fits inside the lipped rim of the pot, and tapers upwards to a mushroom-like knobbed handle.
History Of Use
Used for cooking curry (collector's notes).
Narrative
Received by Joy Inglis in Bihar.
Item History
- Made in Bihar, India
- Collected during 1968
- Owned by Jerome Soreng before 1968
- Received from Jerome Soreng (Donor) during 1968
What
Who
- Culture
- Santal
- Previous Owner
- Jerome Soreng
- Received from
- Jerome Soreng (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Bihar, India
When
- Collection Date
- during 1968
- Ownership Date
- before 1968
- Acquisition Date
- during 1968
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0146/0008