It is a highly carved rectangular pot which would belong among pots of the people of the Santal tribes, who happen to be the largest-most diversified tribal communities in eastern India. The Santals are spread over comparatively greater parts of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa and Bihar. Vibrant traditions and arts characterize them. They flourished as engravers of fine detailed motifs and designs on objects made for utility or ritual purposes.
Simply, this pot is rectangular like massive bowls placed on a pedestal, flat at the base and with an opening at the top rectangularly shaped, slightly below which goes a groove so as to give the illusion of a small tub. The whole body proves the potency of making designs and carving ornaments by the tribe, craved all over with geometrical and linear pattern engravings. Subject pot can vary in the myriad ways in which they are intended for use: some samples suffice for offering or household rites, whether there is some portion of water or grain or some other sacred objects in them. Hence, the pedestal would add meaning, both metaphorical and literal, to the act of uplifting the pot (Archer 1974). It lies in Indian Museum-Kolkata. It now holds by the Santal tribe, which stands as a witness to their conscious craftsmanship and symbolic culture. This definite object appreciated utility and functions, as well as for those who semester high aesthetic values among the people of Santal.