Ceremonial Bone Apron
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Oct 1963
name: label: Donor Name
content: Simon Kriger
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Specimen attributed to 14th century by Mr. Krieger [the collector] and was described as follows: 'This bone apron is composed of large plaques exquisitely carved from supposedly human femora and connected by double chains of round bone beads. Such aprons are used by magicians in the Lama temples during the performance of mystic, sacred ceremonies accompanied by shamanistic dances, chiefly for the purpose of propitiating evil spirits and exorcising devils. The plaques are decorated with figures of Civaitic and Tantric deities, some of which are represented in dancing postures.'"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Sep 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, 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: 248527
label: USNM Number
content: E401974-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Apron