Altar-Set "Mandala"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Sep 1973
name: label: Donor Name
content: New Delhi Charity Godown Society
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "The mandala is a sacred mound used as an altar. The following are pieces used with it: A. Base - shallow copper pan form, set upside down. Sides incised with floral patterns, on this a mound of rice is made, held together by (11.4.0 cm. Dia.14.5 cm.) B. Rings (3) graduated red—cloth bound, outside covered with polychrome glass seed beads in diamond and square patterns. (Dia.6.5 — 14.3 cm.) C. “Flaming jewel” — cast brass floral oval on a lot base which is set on top of the mound. (11.8.0 cm. Dia. 4.0 cm.)"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 307644
label: USNM Number
content: E415581-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar