Flint And Shot Cases With Strap
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1979
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Meyers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: PEAR-SHAPED LEATHER FLINT CASE WITH 7 WOODEN SHOT CONTAINERS, ALL FASTENED TOGETHER WITH HIDE STRAPS. 5 OF THESE CONTAINERS ARE LONG, HOLLOW PIECES, ONE IS TIPPED WITH METAL. 1 IS SHAPED LIKE ROUND, STRAIGHT-SIDED BELL. 1 IS SHAPED LIKE A POWDERHORN, WITH WOODEN STOPPER IN THE END AND TINY HANDLE ON THE SIDE. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR/ DONOR, THIS IS FROM THE KONGTSA FAMILY, FORMERLY GOVERNORS OF TINGRI DZONG, SOUTHERN TIBET. COLLECTED IN KATHMANDU. ** NOTE: DONOR CALLED THIS A "BANDOLIER", A TERM WHICH THE GETTY ART AND ARCHITECTURE THESAURUS DEFINES AS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF NATIVE AMERICAN BAG. THEREFORE CHANGED TO MORE GENERIC "AMMUNITION BELT". --CARRIE BEAUCHAMP 6/20/2002
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kathmandu, Nepal, 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: E424784-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ammunition Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Case
content: 11 cm
label: Width - Case
content: 7.5 cm
label: Length - Shot Containers
content: ca. 17 cm
label: Width - Shot Containers
content: ca. 2.5 cm
label: Length - Bell-shaped Container
content: 5.7 cm
label: Width - Bell-shaped Container
content: 2.7 cm