Velvet Reticule
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Maha Mongkut
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "RECTANGULAR WHITE LINED DARK BLUE VELVET FLAT BAG WITH A FLAP CLOSURE. OUTLINED IN GOLD BRAID WITH SMALL BOWS AT CORNERS AND THE LOOP THAT GOES OVER THE GOLD BUTTON WITH THE RELIEF FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT ON A STAR. ON THE FLAP IS ATTACHED AN ELABORATE GOLD FIGURE OF TWO PEDESTALLED BOWLS ON A SQUARE STAND SURROUNDED BY A VINE SCROLL. THIS IS ON A PINK CLOTH DISK. THIS BAG WAS MEANT TO CONTAIN THE DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT OF THE KING AND HIS DAUGHTER WHICH WAS CATALOGED IN THE MUSEUM AS NO. 446, BUT WHICH APPEARS NEVER TO ACTUALLY BEEN HERE, BUT TO HAVE GONE DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE DEPT. TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES WHERE IT STILL IS AT THIS DATE: MAY 1969."
label: Notes
content: Velvet envelope or bag with the Seal of Second King Phra Pinklao, likely used to convey the King's letter to Franklin Pierce. Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 50.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 266032
label: USNM Number
content: E73-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Envelope