Accession No
2015.8.4
Description
- Material, with the appearance of sand or soil, used with rice chaff for outer layer of mould and on it's own for lining fire-pits and bronze furnaces in the lost wax brass casting process.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Chhattisgarh; Kondagaon
Period
Source
Doubleday, John [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2015.8.4
Cultural Affliation
Material
Sand; Soil; Unknown
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Part of a set of 6 samples of raw materials 2015.8.1 - 2015.8.6.
Event Date 8/4/2015
Author: Remke van der Velden
Context (CMS Context)
Stored in plastic bag inside square plastic container. Envelope used to pack sample material also stored in the box. Written on envelope by John Doubleday [manuscript in black ink]:'Material used with rice chaff for outer layer of mould and on it's own for lining fire-pits and bronze furnaces'.
Event Date 8/4/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Material, with the appearance of sand or soil, used with rice chaff for outer layer of mould and on it's own for lining fire-pits and bronze furnaces in the brass casting process.
Event Date 8/4/2015
Author: maa
FM:268078
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