Cup made from human skull
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: OFFERING CUP MADE FROM THE UPPER PART OF AN ADULT HUMAN SKULL, YELLOWISH IN COLOR. INTERIOR LINED W/ SILVER, OUTER RIM DECORATED W/SILVER BAND WHICH HAS A ROW OF SMALL SKULLS AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE. USED TO OFFER SWEETENED BEER OR SPIRITS TO GODS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Oct 2023
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: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422268-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cup
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 19.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.75 cm