Title : Kunke (Grain Measuring Bowl)
Accession No : 68/7/4726(1)
This is a measuring bowl from South India, also known as Kunke. The bowl is made up of palm wood with embossed motifs on it made of brass. The bowl adorns beautiful double headed bird, bracelet and trefoil motifs. There are linear patterns between the motifs. The shape of the bowl is similar to the shape of a ginger jar. The pot is supported by a ring on the base.
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Provenance
- StateWest Bengal
Significance
- Socio economicKunke is a rice measuring bowl used for rice/paddy in Bengali traditions, weddings and prayers. As part of the ritual, Kunke is used to offer paddy to the Goddess Lakshmi during Kojagari Lakshmi Puja. It is even used in marriage rituals when the groom smears vermilion or sindoor on the hair parting of the bride.
Description
- DescriptionThis is a measuring bowl from South India, also known as Kunke. The bowl is made up of palm wood with embossed motifs on it made of brass. The bowl adorns beautiful double headed bird, bracelet and trefoil motifs. There are linear patterns between the motifs. The shape of the bowl is similar to the shape of a ginger jar. The pot is supported by a ring on the base.
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- Reference" Jain, Jyotindra and Aarti Aggarwala. National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 1989. Ranjan, Aditi. Handmade in India: Crafts of India. Edited by Aditi Ranjan & M. P. Ranjan. Ahmedabad: Council of Handicraft Development Corporations, 2007. S.D. Trivedi, U.C. Dwivedi, ed. metallic Art of India. New Delhi: Sharda Publishing House, 2009."
- KeywordKunke, Rice, Paddy, Bowl, Measuring, Marriage, Ritual, Lakshmi, West, Bengal