Saddle Bag
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: DOUBLE SADDLE BAG. PROBABLY WHAT COLLECTOR LISTS AS A "BAG USED ON SHEEP TO CARRY LOADS". MADE WITH HAND SPUN S-PLY YARN IN A WARP-FACED PLAIN WEAVE. WARP STRIPES ARE 3 SHADES OF BROWN, 1 PINK, AND 1 RED AND BROWN MIXED. TWO LONG, NARROW BANDS ARE SEWN TOGETHER ON ONE SELVAGE TO MAKE WIDER BAND (A RED BRAID COVERS THIS SEAM ON THE OUTSIDE), THEN THE ENDS ARE FOLDED IN TO THE CENTER AND SELVAGES SEWN TO MAKE SADDLE BAG. A BRAID IS SEWN TO THE OPENING HEM, LEAVING LOOPS AND A FREE END (PRESUMABLY FOR A CLOSURE). ALL 4 CORNERS HAVE SMALL PIECES OF BLACK CORDUROY APPLIQU©D ON.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430501-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Saddle Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object, Total
content: 81 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 34.5 cm