Rice measure

Museum number:
9-12865a-g
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912865a@2dg
Accession number:
Acc.2910
Object count:
7
Description:
measure for rice; 6 graduated nested wood bowls with ornamental lid; each has brass overlay with geometric and swan motifs; wood painted black; bowls, a-f, height a) 10 cm., b) 8 cm.; c) 6.5 cm.; d) 5 cm.; e) 4 cm.; f) 3.5 cm.; g) lid: brass and wood with brass finial; height 5.5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
West Bengal, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rice measure, accession number 9-12865a-g, described as measure for rice; 6 graduated nested wood bowls with ornamental lid; each has brass overlay with geometric and swan motifs; wood painted black; bowls, a-f, height a) 10 cm., b) 8 cm.; c) 6.5 cm.; d) 5 cm.; e) 4 cm.; f) 3.5 cm.; g) lid: brass and wood with brass finial; height 5.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rice measure, accession number 9-12865a-g, described as measure for rice; 6 graduated nested wood bowls with ornamental lid; each has brass overlay with geometric and swan motifs; wood painted black; bowls, a-f, height a) 10 cm., b) 8 cm.; c) 6.5 cm.; d) 5 cm.; e) 4 cm.; f) 3.5 cm.; g) lid: brass and wood with brass finial; height 5.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rice measure, accession number 9-12865a-g, described as measure for rice; 6 graduated nested wood bowls with ornamental lid; each has brass overlay with geometric and swan motifs; wood painted black; bowls, a-f, height a) 10 cm., b) 8 cm.; c) 6.5 cm.; d) 5 cm.; e) 4 cm.; f) 3.5 cm.; g) lid: brass and wood with brass finial; height 5.5 cm.

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