Brass & Leather Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Tsering Lhungay Family
label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: BELT OF A THIN DOUBLE STRIP OF TANNED LEATHER, THE FRONT SURFACE ALMOST COMPLETELY COVERED W/ ATTACHED PLATES OF DECORATED BRASS (9 LONG PIECES, ENGRAVED W/ FLORAL DESIGNS, ALTERNATING W/8 SMALLER ROUND PIECES) RIVETTED TO THE LEATHER. 2 OF THE SMALLER PIECES ARE IRON, ONE OF THE 8 IS MISSING. THIN LEATHER STRIP ATTACHED TO ONE END, SMALL BRASS BUCKLE TO THE OTHER. DECORATED LOOP ATTACHED TO ONE SIDE FOR CLIPPING ON CHATELAINES OR UTENSILS. WELL WORN. "CENTRAL TIBETAN BRASS REPOUSSE BELT."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
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: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422248-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 97 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.75 cm