Patterned cloth strip, "Hadag"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Mar 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 8 Jul 2002
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. J. D. Rogers
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Offering cloth made of blue polyester cloth with a woven brocade pattern of the wheel, plant, and endless knot. Long, loose fringe, and divided in half by blue silk fringe commonly cut to separate the two pieces. Patterned with 3 of the 8 auspicious symbols of Buddhism to demonstrate the Buddhist symbolism. A Buddhist symbol that signifies respect. Statues and obos (pile of stones with stick on the top) often have this tied to the top as a symbol of good fortune. Often given when something is new (eg: taxi driver had one attached to his car from when it was new). These come in five different colors, but the most common color used in Mongolia is blue. Associated with Buddhism and good luck, seen all over the place. (Video Footage, Tape 4, 7/10/02).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Dec 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ulaanbaatar, Central Province, Mongolia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mongolian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029642
label: USNM Number
content: E432883-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 318.5 cm
label: Width
content: 43 cm