Woman's Headdress
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: LONG NARROW BAND OF PADDED CLOTH, HEAVILY DECORATED W/ SEED PEARLS & LARGE CORAL & TURQUOISE BEADS. WOVEN RED WOOLEN CLOTH, HEAVILY PADDED, TRIMMED W/ BLUE & LINED IN BACK W/ PINK SILK. BENT IN 2 W/ SYMMETRICAL ROWS OF BEADING GOING DOWN EITHER SIDE. TOP SECTION OF THE 2 HALVES ARE ALMOST COVERED W/ ROWS OF SEED PEARLS, THE LOWER ENDS HAVING A SINGLE ROW OF LARGE CORAL & TURQUOISE BEADS. DECORATED METAL HOOKS HANG ON CORDS AT TOP, SIDES & BOTTOM. "VERY FINE & RARE NOBLE LADY'S HEAD ORNAMENT, MOTHER OF PEARL." CENTER PORTION RESTS ON TOP OF HEAD W/ ENDS HANGING DOWN. FINE CONDITION, BACK LINING HEAVILY SOILED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
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: E422239-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 134 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm