Hanging Belt Decoration
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 May 1989
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 LISTS AS "SOMDZIN HANGING BELT DECORATION". LEATHER STRAP WITH METAL ORNAMENTS AND LARGE LEATHER AND METAL POUCH HANGING FROM IT. THE LEATHER STRAP FOLDS BACK TO MAKE A LOOP AT THE TOP (FOR BELT?). TOP LAYER OF LEATHER DYED RED AND EDGES HAND SEWN WITH COTTON STRING. 2 ROUND BRASS AND SILVER ORNAMENTS ON STRAP, ONE LARGER THAN OTHER, BOTH WITH PATTERN RADIATING FROM CENTER AND PLASTIC BEAD AT CENTER (ONE RED, ONE BLUE). POUCH ATTACHED WITH METAL BUCKLE AND LEATHER STRAP. POUCH ITSELF HAS LEATHER BASE WITH METAL PLATE COVERING FRONT AND EDGES. THIS PLATE HAS FISH AND CURLY LINES. PINK PLASTIC BEAD AT CENTER.
label: Notes
content: The leather pouch attached to the belt drop is in the form of a typical Tibetan tinder pouch.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Nov 2022
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430468-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt Ornament / Tinder Bag
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: 34 cm
label: Width - Bead
content: 15 cm