Human Hair Rope, Section Of
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 May 1890
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. State Department
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "Used for hoisting puposes at the erection of the Buddhist temple at Kyoto, J[apan]. [later note, typed on reverse:] The rope was made of the hair contributed by Buddhist men and women and was used as an ordinary cable in lifting the building material in the construction of the temple Hon-gwan-ji, at Kyoto, Japan. Illus[trated] in Bulletin 148, USNM, pl. 58, p. 204 (Casanowicz)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 023113
label: USNM Number
content: E150829-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rope