Skull cup made of human cranium with cover and stand
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Tsering Lhungay Family
label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: A. SKULL CUP: UPPER PART OF AN ADULT HUMAN SKULL, GOLDEN BROWN IN COLOR. LINED W/SILVER W/OUTER RIM BAND W/ROW OF SKULLS IN SILVER. PARTIAL RED WAX SEAL ON EXTERIOR. B. STAND: 3-SIDED STAND OF DECORATED SILVER. RELIEF DECORATION OF WAVES, SKULLS & FLAMES. C. COVER: SILVER COVER SHAPED TO FIT CIRCUMFERENCE OF SKULL. RAISED DOME, ETCHED W/FLORAL DESIGNS. HALF-DORJE FINIAL RISES FROM CROSSED DORJE DESIGN IN RELIEF.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422269-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cup
physicalDescription: label: Height - Stand
content: 9 cm
label: Width - Stand
content: 15 cm
label: Length - Cover
content: 18.5 cm
label: Width - Cover
content: 15 cm
label: Length - Skull Cup
content: 19 cm
label: Width - Skull Cup
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Skull Cup
content: 8 cm