Silken Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Maha Mongkut
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "RECTANGULAR BASE OF MAROON SILK, TO WHICH IS ATTACHED THE BAG PROPER OF TAN SILK LINED WITH RED COTTON. DRAWSTRING NEAR THE TOP TO WHICH IS ATTACHED A RED SEALING WAX SEAL WITH SOME IMPRESSED FIGURES AND AN OLD LABEL CALLING IT A "TRAVELLING BAG". AND THUS THERE APPEARS TO BE NO BASIS FOR THE DESIGNATION IN THE CATALOG BOOK OF A "TOBACCO" BAG, NO SIGN OF SUCH USE. INSCRIBED IN INK ON ONE SIDE: "TO FRANKLIN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF THE USA."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 48
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: E49-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag