Travertine Alabaster Mosaic
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Apr 1960
name: label: Donor Name
content: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "A polychrome mosaic, made of travertine, lapis lazuli (?), other stone, given by the Shah, His Majesty Mohammed Zaher [Mohammad Zahir Shah], King of Afghanistan, to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Two camels with two riders against a mountainous background are portrayed. An English signature, Hajari Najari [a stone-cutting and furniture-making company in Kabul], Kabul, Afghanistan, is written with blue paint in the lower left corner. An Arabic inscription is scratched on the upper left corner. A small brass plaque in the rear has a stamped Arabic "Made in Afghanistan", also an English one. ..."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Afghanistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Afghan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 229785
label: USNM Number
content: E398022-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mosaic