Saddle Rug "Makden"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Meyers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR/ DONOR, RUG WORN UNDERNEATH SADDLE. LOTUS MEDALLIONS SURROUNDED BY STYLIZED FLORAL MOTIFS ON DARK BLUE BACKGROUND. BORDER IS BEIGE WITH FLORAL MOTIFS. NOTCHED WITH THREE LEATHER LINED GIRTH STRAP HOLES ON EACH SIDE. EDGED WITH RED COTTON CLOTH. PLAIN WHITE COTTON BACKING. ACCORDING TO DONOR, USED BY TIBETANS IN NEPAL BUT COLLECTED BY HER IN KATHMANDU IN 1984. SHE ESTIMATES AGE CIRCA 1920.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kathmandu, Nepal, 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: 373019
label: USNM Number
content: E424783-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saddle Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 129 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 68 cm