Sitting Rug / Khaden
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1934 to 1935
name: label: Collector
content: Marco Pallis
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: 3 MEDALLIONS IN GOLD, PINK, BLUE, AND WHITE, ON DARK BLUE FIELD. BORDER IS RED, WHITE, AND BLUE GEOMETRIC PATTERN. DARK BROWN BACKGROUND. HANDSPUN Z-SPUN, 2-PLY S WARP, AND Z-SPUN WOOL FOUNDATION WEFT. PILE YARN IS Z-SPUN 2-PLY S WOOL, KNOTTED WITH SEHNA KNOTS. NO EDGING OR BACKING. FRINGED ENDS. MADE IN SOUTH CENTRAL TIBET. BOUGHT IN LACHEN, SIKKIM, INDIA, BY MARCO PALLIS IN 1934 OR 1935. PRESENTED TO DONOR IN LONDON, 1983. ILLUSTRATED IN PALLIS'S BOOK "PEAKS AND LAMAS".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lachen, Sikkim, India / 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: 373019
label: USNM Number
content: E424798-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sitting Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 133 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 72 cm