Religious Water Bowls
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 "7 BRASS RELIGIOUS WATER BOWLS (DIY)...NOMADS PUT THIS ON THEIR ALTARS". SMALL ROUND BRASS BOWLS WITH SLIGHT LIP AT RIM. BOTTOM IS INDENTED SLIGHTLY, AND FAINT FINE LINES ARE VISIBLE SPIRALING FROM THE CENTER ON THE INSIDE. OUTSIDE SURFACE IS SMOOTH. 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: 7
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: E430484-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object (Each)
content: 2.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object (Each)
content: 7.5 cm