Five Metal Scraper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 May 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Arthur A. Leeper
label: Donor Name
content: Arthur A. Leeper
notes: label: Notes
content: FIVE METAL SCRAPER WITH IRON SCRAPER, CONNECTED BY A LEATHER STRING TO A PIECE CONTAINING THE 5 PRECIOUS METALS IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES=GOLD, SILVER, ZINC, COPPER AND IRON. ACCORDING TO THE COLLECTOR, ONE SCRAPE WOULD ALLOW ONE TO CONTRIBUTE ALL 5 METALS TO RITUAL OFFERING. A SMALL PIECE OF BONE (?) AND A COWRIE SHELL (WHICH HAS BECOME LOOSE) ARE ATTACHED TO THE LEATHER STRING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358174
label: USNM Number
content: E423758-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Religious Item