Belt Hanging And Bell
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: COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS "WOMAN'S CHAIN WITH BELLS (DORJAA)" BROWN COTTON STRAP WITH BRASS BELLS AND METAL DISCS SEWN ON. BRASS RING AT ONE END, AND SMALL BONE-HANDLED KNIFE IN METAL (ALUMINUM?) SHEATH AT THE OTHER. LONG RED STRINGS ARE TIED TO THE STRAP, WITH RED AND YELLOW GLASS BEADS STRUNG ON THEM, AND A BRASS BELL ORNAMENT AT THE END. THERE ARE 4 ROUND BELLS AND ONE TRIANGULAR ORNAMENT (TWEEZERS?). CONFIRMED VIA EMAIL WITH MELVYN GOLDSTEIN (JUNE 5, 2002) THAT TERM IN PARENTHESIS IS THE OBJECT NAME IN THE LOCAL NOMADIC DIALECT.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430467-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 27.5 cm
label: Width - Bead
content: 12 cm
label: Length - Longest Hanging Ornament
content: 33 cm