Pen Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Aug 1978
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NARROW CYLINDRICAL GOLD-WASHED IRON CASE, IN TWO PARTS, EACH WITH LOOP FOR SUSPENSION FROM BELT. ALL OVER PIERCED AND ENGRAVED DECORATION GIVING FILIGREE APPEARANCE OF INTERLOCKING FOLIATE SCROLLWORK AND A DRAGON, WOVEN IN AMONG THE SCROLLS. ROUNDED ENDS. MADE IN KHAM PROVINCE, DERGE COUNTY. WORN BY LAMAS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND OCCASIONALLY USED AS WEAPONS BY LAMAS, WHO ARE FORBIDDEN SWORDS."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Fine 17th C or earlier Tibetan ironwork pen case richly carved of iron and damascened in gold. The motifs are Sino-Tibetan in nature including a dragon chasing a pearl and other vegetal motifs. The work is indicative of the Derge region.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: 332885
label: USNM Number
content: E420059-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pen Case