Saddle Bag
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: PROBABLY WHAT COLLECTOR LISTS AS A "BAG USED ON YAKS". TWO LONG, NARROW BANDS ARE SEWN TOGETHER ON ONE SELVAGE TO MAKE WIDER BAND (A RED BRAID COVERS THIS SEAM ON THE OUTSIDE), THEN THE WHOLE PIECE IS SEWN UP THE SIDES AND HEMMED TO MAKE A DEEP BAG. MADE WITH COARSE, HAND SPUN, Z-SPUN, 2-PLY S YARN IN A WARP-FACED PLAIN WEAVE. WARP STRIPES IN 3 SHADES OF BROWN. THICK DARK BROWN CORD SEWN TO CENTER OF EACH SIDE. 13.5 X 11 CM BLACK WOOL PATCH SEWN ON THE BOTTOM WITH VERY LARGE OFF-WHITE DECORATIVE STITCHES. TINY 2 X 3 CM PIECE OF GREEN WOOL STICKING OUT OF BOTTOM CORNER.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430503-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saddle Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 68 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 39 cm