Indian Cylindrical Vessel with Ring Handles

Copper this color does not need any help. It got a little brass anyway.

This cylindrical vessel with ring handles comes from India and dates to the 19th century. It is copper. Hammered metal vessels of this straight-sided form served for carrying and storing water and grain in many Indian households. Hammer marks dimple the whole wall, glowing orange at the center and darkening toward the foot. A wide brass band circles the rim, and a ring hangs from a small loop at each side. Twenty-four inches high and 21 across.

A bucket, in the sense that a cathedral is a building.