Rug
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Myers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS PILLAR OR WALL PILE CARPET HAS AS ITS CENTER DESIGN A MONK BLOWING ON A CONCH (WHELK) HORN ON AN ORANGE FIELD. ON THE TOP OF THE RUG ARE BELL DESIGNS SUSPENDING OVER THE HEAD OF THE MONK. BELOW HIS FEET ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RUG ARE STYLIZED OCEAN, MOUNTAIN AND SKY DESIGNS. ACCORDING TO THE COLLECTOR, 2 AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS: THE LOTUS FLOWER AND VICTORY BANNER APPEAR ON EACH SIDE OF THE MONK. SHE BELIEVES THAT THE RUG THUS MAYBE A PART OF A SERIES OF RUGS THAT CONTAINS ALL 8 AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS. SHE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE RUG MAY HAVE BEEN MADE IN NORTHWEST CHINA FOR USE IN TIBET.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: 358171
label: USNM Number
content: E423220-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 223.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 106.5 cm