Rug with Picture of Ghengis Khan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 2000 - 2001
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Paula Sabloff
label: Donor Name
content: University Of Pennsylvania Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: Small rug. Cotton warp and weft with wool pile. In the center is a portrait of Ghengis Khan on a light blue background. Border is yellow with brown geometric pattern. Outer border is blue with the name "Ghinggis Khan" woven in across the bottom. Ends are woven and hemstitched, with 3 cm of loose fringe.
label: Notes
content: Paula Sabloff, curator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, says that this rug was made in a Mongolian factory, to hang on the west wall of a ger or apartment. It was purchased in the State Department store in 2001. In socialist times, people were forbidden to mention Ghengis Khan, as he was a symbol of Mongolian nationalism, but since 1990 he has become an important cultural icon.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mongol
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049147
label: USNM Number
content: E432410-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 119 cm
label: Width
content: 81 cm