Needle Case
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
label: Collector
content: Dr. Cynthia Beall
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
notes: label: Notes
content: COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS "NOMAD NEEDLE CASE / MADE BY NOMADS (KABSHUB)". BROWN LEATHER CASE, ALMOST ARROW-SHAPED, BUT WITH ROUNDED END. CHEVRON SHAPES CUT OUT, AND SOME GREEN, BLUE, AND RED LEATHER TRIM. LEATHER AND FABRIC INTERNAL POUCH PULLS OUT FROM BOTTOM, IS PULLED BACK IN BY CORD. METAL DISC (COIN?) WITH HOLE IN CENTER THREADED THROUGH CORD. CONFIRMED VIA EMAIL WITH MELVYN GOLDSTEIN (JUNE 5, 2002) THAT TERM IN PARENTHESES IS THE OBJECT NAME IN THE LOCAL NOMADIC DIALECT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chang Tang (Changthang) Region, Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan, Phala
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430481-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Needle Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca 50 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm