Metal Cymbals
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Aug 1978
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TWO IDENTICAL HEAVY METAL DISC-SHAPED SYMBOLS, WITH RAISED CENTRAL BOSS. ATTACHED WITH LEATHER THONGS TO ELABORATE SILVER CHAIN. COPPER ALLOY, SAID BY DONOR TO BE "ALLOY OF FIVE METALS-GOLD, SILVER, BRASS AND COPPER." BROWN & WHITE CLOTH WRAPPER. USED TO CALL HUNGRY SPIRITS (YI-DAG) TO OFFERINGS. REFERENCE: NEWARK CATALOGUE, VOL. 2, PG. 26."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: 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: 332885
label: USNM Number
content: E420068-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cymbal