Dragon Tapestry
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Aug 1978
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ALMOST SQUARE PIECE OF GOLD SILK, THREE PANELS. EMBROIDERED & THREAD APPLIQUE DESIGNS: CLOUDS, BILLOWING SEA, CENTRAL RED DRAGON (FIVE-CLAWED) FLANKED BY TWO OTHER DRAGONS, ONE BLUE, ONE GREEN, ALL HOLDING CHINESE CHARACTERS FOR LONGEVITY AND HAPPINESS. CHINESE MANUFACTURE, CH'ING (18TH CENTURY), USED IN TIBETAN COURT, BORDER AND BACKING REMOVED BY DONOR IN TRANSPORTATION TO NEPAL PRIOR TO 1959 EVACUATION. FADED, STAINED, AND WORN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
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: 332885
label: USNM Number
content: E420074-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tapestry