Woman's Hair Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 May 1895
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "175,124A. HAIR ORNAMENT.-CONSISTING OF A LONG, STIFF BAND, COVERED WITH RED CLOTH, COMING TO AN ELLIPTIC POINT AT ONE END. STUDDED WITH ROWS OF LARGE, IRREGULAR, POLISHED BEADS OF TURQUOISE-BEARING ROCK. AT THE LOWER END ARE TWO OVAL BROOCHES SET WITH GLASS, AND A CHARM BOX ORNAMENTED WITH TURQUOISE. LENGTH, 34 INCHES. YARKAND, EASTERN TURKESTAN. 175,124. GIFT OF DR. W. L. ABBOTT. WORN BY WOMEN, FASTENED TO THE CROWN OF THE HEAD AND HANGING DOWN THE BACK. THE TIBETANS WEAR A SIMILAR HEAD-ORNAMENT."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yarkand (Shache), East Turkestan (Xinjiang), China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029359
label: USNM Number
content: E175124-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 86 cm