Tibetan (?)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
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content: Department of Anthropology records
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content: Department of Anthropology records / Series 22: Photographs of Specimens and Other Subjects (Processing Laboratory Photographs) / 22.4: Original photographs/works of art/clippings / Vintage Photographs
container: label: Container
content: Box 33
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Objects collected by W. W. Rockhill. There are 54 photographs of a stringed musical instrument showing one overall view and details of the carving. Caption by Mr. Elder on original envelope identifies these as Tibetan and collected by Rockhill; a photograph caption suggests that the carvings at least are Japanese. There are also 2 images of a Tibetan Bronze figurine of Chos bjin jamba, USNM cat. # 167,269.