Islamic Celestial Globe
notes: label: Description
content: This globe is hollow, made of brass, cast in one piece, and has the Ptolemaic stars inlaid in silver. It was made in Lahore during the Mughal Dynasty, about 1630, and is attributed to Qaim Muhammad ibn Isa inb Allah-dad Asturlabi Lahuri Humayuni.
label: Description
content: Ref: Emilie-Savage Smith, <i>Islamicate Celestial Globes: Their History, Construction and Use</i> (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Pakistan: Punjab, Lahore
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edward Nagel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.330781
label: accession number
content: 323621
label: catalog number
content: 330781
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Globe, Celestial, Islamic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 62 cm x 75 cm x 37 cm; 24 13/32 in x 29 17/32 in x 14 9/16 in