Description :Peculiar Tibetan shape has been schematically designed in this Chabbum which is a typical jug for offering the water to the deities. Finished in the union of both copper and brass, the Chabbum is designed beautifully in the proportionate shape. The tapered base of brass is the support of the jug above which the copper body rests. The spout is fixed at the point of the chest which resembles a pipe. The neck is enveloped with brass sheet where the repeating ‘T’ which in reverse alternate, has been incised.
The neck is further mounted by three ascending tiers till the lid. The cover or lid has a central boss, hemispherical, which is mounted by a pearl of brass. The handle is a plain brass sheet having a ring inserted into it. The other ring is fixed at the boss of the cover and is parallel to that of the former. The latter have one more loose ring pierced into it which signifies that there must have been two or three rings to adhere the lid with the body.
Source :Sikkim State Archives
Type :Utensil
Received From :Sikkim State Archives
DC Field
Value
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Sikkim
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2019-10-31T15:19:04Z
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2019-10-31T15:19:04Z
dc.description
Peculiar Tibetan shape has been schematically designed in this Chabbum which is a typical jug for offering the water to the deities. Finished in the union of both copper and brass, the Chabbum is designed beautifully in the proportionate shape. The tapered base of brass is the support of the jug above which the copper body rests. The spout is fixed at the point of the chest which resembles a pipe. The neck is enveloped with brass sheet where the repeating ‘T’ which in reverse alternate, has been incised.
The neck is further mounted by three ascending tiers till the lid. The cover or lid has a central boss, hemispherical, which is mounted by a pearl of brass. The handle is a plain brass sheet having a ring inserted into it. The other ring is fixed at the boss of the cover and is parallel to that of the former. The latter have one more loose ring pierced into it which signifies that there must have been two or three rings to adhere the lid with the body.
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