Rug
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Myers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS PILE, MONASTIC RUNNER IS DECORATED WITH 5 FLOWER MEDALLIONS ON A FADED RED FIELD, A BLUE INNER BORDER WITH WHITE PEARLS, A BROWN OUTER BORDER WITH FLOWER DESIGN, AND FRINGES. THE INNER BORDER WITH PEARLS SEPARATES THE INNER FIELD FROM THE OUTER-BORDER, OR DESIGN, ACCORDING TO KULOY, PG 59, THAT IS COMMONLY FOUND ON TIBETAN RUGS, AS WELL AS A DECORATION ON HOUSES AND THANKA PAINTING. WOOL WARP AND WEFT, ACCORDING TO THE TIBETAN DEALER, THIS RUG WAS MADE C.1920 IN TINGRI DZONG WITH THE USE OF VEGETABLE DYES, AND WAS USED IN A LOCAL MONASTERY UNTIL 1959.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tingri Dzhong, 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: 358171
label: USNM Number
content: E423222-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 303 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 78.5 cm