Hair Ornament
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
label: Collector
content: Dr. Cynthia Beall
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
notes: label: Notes
content: COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS "1 PR WOMAN'S FRONT HAIR ORNAMENT (TASHI)". TWO COTTON STRINGS OF GLASS AND STONE BEADS. THE TWO STRANDS ARE TIED TOGETHER AT BOTH ENDS. EACH STRAND HAS SEVERAL SOLID-COLORED GLASS BEADS IN ORANGE-RED, YELLOW, ANDWHITE; ONE LARGER PLASTIC BLACK AND WHITE BEAD, AND THREE TURQUOISE BEADS. CONFIRMED VIA EMAIL WITH MELVYN GOLDSTEIN (JUNE 5, 2002) THAT TERM IN PARENTHESES IS THE OBJECT NAME IN THE LOCAL NOMADIC DIALECT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chang Tang (Changthang) Region, Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan, Phala
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430469-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hair Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Beaded Part
content: 25 cm
label: Length - Object, Total
content: 54 cm
label: Width - Widest Bead
content: 2.5 cm