Frankincense holder

Museum number:

9-13320a,b

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Alternate number:

49 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.3247

Object count:

2

Description:

frankincense holder, open slits and holes; grey pottery reduction fired; A) bowl on pedestal; single handle surmounted by miniature bowl; H. 11.4 cm Dia: 8.7 cm B) lid Dia: 8.8 cm ca. H: 5.5 cm ca

Donor:

Peter Claus and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Mysore, Karnataka State, India

Verbatim coll. place:

India, Mysore, Karnataka, South Kanara, Hiriyadka: Tuluva

Culture or time period:

Tulu people

Collector:

Peter Claus

Collection date:

May 1976

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Miniature (size attribute)

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

July 23, 1976

Context of use:

usually used to purify & to ward off evil spirits. kept under child's cradle; or held in hand during certain rituals. Made by a particular group of potters.

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

b— height 5.5 centimeters, a— height 11.4 centimeters, b— diameter 8.8 centimeters, and a— diameter 8.7 centimeters

Loans:

S1979-1980 #20: California State University, East Bay (November 5, 1979–July 31, 1980)

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