Pot Hanger Item Number: 2878/26 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown knotted-rope pot hanger. At one end of the rope the fibre has been wrapped into a circular shape. The circular shape has 4 four separate ropes and the rest of the ropes are knotted around the circle to keep it in place. There are 10 ropes coming out of the circle. The ropes are grouped together in twos as the ropes leave the circle. Each group of ropes is knotted twice together. The second knot is tied by taking one rope from one group and another rope from a second group and then they are tied together into a new knot. From these two ropes, after the knot, only one rope emerges.
History Of Use
This knotted rope hanger is used for suspending clay yogurt pots.
Narrative
This sika rope is mad from the sisal tree bark (called "silali" in Oriya) by the Man(g)kuria (called Birhoris in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh States) who are a completely nomadic hunting and gathering jungle tribe found in the states of southern Bihar, northern Orissa, northeastern Madhya Pradesh and the southwest of Bengal State.
Item History
- Made in Odisha, India
- Collected during 1980
- Owned by Tamarin Productions Inc. before May 4, 2011
- Received from Tamarin Productions Inc. (Seller) and Ruth Read Bequest (Funding source) on May 4, 2011
What
- Name
- Pot Hanger
- Identification Number
- 2878/26
- Type of Item
- hanger
- Material
- sisal bark
- Overall
- height 151.0 cm, width 16.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Indian
- Previous Owner
- Tamarin Productions Inc.
- Received from
- Tamarin Productions Inc. (Seller) and Ruth Read Bequest (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Odisha, India
When
- Collection Date
- during 1980
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 2011
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 2011
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2878/0026