Sitting Rug / Khaden
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Meyers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: 12 LOTUS PATTERN (PEMA CHENDEN) IN GREEN, GOLD, DARK RED, AND BLUE ON DARK BLUE BACKGROUND. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR/ DONOR, TIBETAN NUMBER "1" APPEARS IN FIELD. ALL HANDSPUN YARN WITH SYNTHETIC DYES. WARP IS WHITE COTTON Z-SPUN, 2-PLY S. FOUNDATION WEFT IS S-SPUN (?) WOOL. PILE YARN IS Z-SPUN WOOL. ENDS TWINED ON ONE END, HEMMED ON BOTH ENDS. NO EDGING OR BACKING. EVIDENCE OF NOW- REMOVED EMBROIDERED INSCRIPTIONS ON REVERSE. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR/ DONOR, WAS USED BY TIBETANS IN NEPAL. SHE ESTIMATES AGE CIRCA 1930.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kathmandu, Nepal, 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: 373019
label: USNM Number
content: E424779-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sitting Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 154 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 78 cm