Ceramic Bowl, "Ayaga"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Mar 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 8 Jul 2002
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. J. D. Rogers
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: White bowl with eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism painted in blue, green, red, orange, black, and yellow along the sides. Decorated with a pattern around the base that includes four of the auspicious symbols. Painted on the inside the bowl bottom is a lotus flower. Today, these Chinese porcelain bowls replace older wooden and silver bowls and are used to serve both food and drink. One drink often served is fermented mare's milk ("airag"), the Mongolian national drink.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Dec 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Central Province, Mongolia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mongolian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029642
label: USNM Number
content: E432887-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 11.9 cm
label: Height
content: 6.2 cm