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wooden rod through rings and lift like a palanquin. Thc hemispherical broac vessel known as “Tāmbākundi” storing hath water has a frequent narration is Indian History Māņa : a water pot used as musical instrument, the word Māņa probably comes from Sanskrit Māni, meaning a large water jar. In Eastern utensils used for fermented alcoholic drinks are : Ghadiyun baddi (for drinking and for storing) (sce title page-3) Māna is a balloon shaped copper pot having a narrow neck and a small mouth. Charu or Deg: A cooking pot, this usual traditional vessel for cooking has a broad base for catching maximum head from the open fire. Degdo and Bhapko : These vessels are used for distilling perfume. Goli : This pot is for churning butter. Gujarat with its ancient cultural traditions which go back to Harappan culture has a number of shapes in mctal, which have a close affinity to the clay shapes of the Harappan period. Katodan : (A container) The object is made by joining together several sepa. rately fashioned parts of hammered brass shcct has a broad based container and a shallow domc shapped lid surmounted by a bowl (katoro). The upper half o the Katodan has embossed geometric patterns. The vessels, used for storing clothes was a part of a Kāthis' brides dowry. Pet : Jewellery box given to the daughter at the time of their wedding, Banto or Bhanto : This multi-purpose box is used as jewellery box in same part: where it is locked and kept inside the patārā or the large wooden chests and as container for sweetmeats in other regions. The basic form of this box is similar to an carly Mughal Turban box of copper belonging to Akbar's time. Loto : (Copper pot) : It is found all over western India. This pot is constructec by joining together the bowl - shaped base and the bell shapped upper part made from hammered sheets of copper. The Lotā of this shape is known all over Gujarat as Pārsi Lotā probably because of its predominant association with them This design of Lotā is ideally suited for the traditional Indian way of drinking water by pouring it into the mouth without the lips touching the vessel itself. Kalaśya : In Gujarat it is customary to use “Kalaśya-Pyälā” or a flat Lotá an a tumbler for drinking water where in the drinker poured from the Lotă, samt water into the tumbler and drink it. Bogheņu : It is made of Brass. It is a milking pot which is kept tied on the knee: or the ground while milking. In Saurashtra the same pot is carried by mendicant: who beg food, especially flour house to house, Surai : Travellers water bottle (German Silver) from Northern India. This neatly
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