Man's Earring
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Aug 1978
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "(A) EARRING-LONG SLENDER EARRING CONSISTING OF 5 ROWS OF PETAL SHAPED TURQUOISE PIECES SET IN RED WAX AROUND A CENTRAL CORE. TURQUOISE SECTIONS SEPARATED WITH RINGS OF BEADED GOLD. PEARL SEPARATING TOP ROWS FROM BOTTOM, THREE LONG SLENDER POINTED TURQUOISE GLASS PIECE EXTENDS FROM BASE. CIRCULAR BRASS LOOP AT TOP WITH AN ATTACHED RED CORD, FOR HANGING OVER EAR. WORN IN LEFT EAR BY MOST LAY OFFICIALS IN LHASA AREA. (B) BOX FOR EARRING; SHAPED TO FIT EARRING, OF IRON, REMNANTS OF BRASS PLATING. SLIDE COVER HAS ENGRAVED SCROLL AND PUNCTATE DESIGN ON TOP. LINED WITH OLD WOOL & NEW COTTON. HINGED RING AT END."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: 332885
label: USNM Number
content: E420054-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring