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Bowl for Brahmanic sacrifice or ""First Feeding""

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According to the main catalogue, the shell was made on a European lathe. Made in imitation of the shell of a sea snail. The small bowl is used in the "First Feeding" ceremony for babies or in rituals. The baby is carefully fed with a mixture of milk and rice water by placing the spout at the corner of the mouth. The ritual purity of the sea snail is said to ensure the child's health and well-being. (Aditi - The Living Arts of India, Smithonian Institution Press Washington D.C.1985, fig. p. 135, label p. 136)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Ritual yoni vessel
Dimensions
Height: 2,2 cm
Depth: 5,5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 5268

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 19th century
    where
    India
    Maharashtra
    Bombay
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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