Sitting Rug / Khaden
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Meyers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: 3 FLORAL MEDALLIONS IN GREEN, GOLD, CREAM, PINK, AND BLUE, ON DARK BLUE BACKGROUND. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR/ DONOR, TIBETAN WORD "LE" APPEARS TWICE IN FIELD. BORDER IS STYLIZED FLORAL MOTIF IN BLUE, WHITE, PINK, AND RED ON LIGHT GREEN BACKGROUND. RED COMMERCIAL COTTON FABRIC EDGING ON ALL FOUR SIDES. COTTON WARP. WEFT AND PILE ARE WOOL. HANDWOVEN GRAY COTTON PLAIN WEAVE BACKING. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR/ DONOR, THIS RUG WAS BROUGHT FROM GYANTSE TO KATHMANDU AND OBTAINED BY HER THERE IN 1982. SHE ESTIMATES AGE CIRCA 1940. USED BY TIBETANS IN NEPAL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kathmandu / Gyantse, Nepal / 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: E424780-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sitting Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 155 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 83 cm