Man's Earring And Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Tsering Lhungay Family
label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: A. EARRING: SINGLE STRAIGHT PENDANT, LONG & THIN, W/ GOLD WIRE HOOP COMING UP FROM TOP. PENDANT CONSISTS OF ROUNDED GOLD WIRE & MOSAIC OF BLUE TURQUOISE CHIPS, SET IN RED SEALING WAX. THE 2 ARE SEPARATED W/ A CRUDELY CUT PIECE OF PEARLY SHELL. TEAR-SHAPED PIECE OF TURQUOISE GLASS ATTACHED TO BASE, POINT DOWN. WORN IN LEFT EAR BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN LHASA AREA. B. CASE: CASE W/ SLIDING COVER, CARVED FROM WOOD. SHAPEDTO FIT EARRINGS, W/ CARVED DESIGNS ON FRONT & BACK. LINEDW/ TISSUE PAPER. BRAIDED WOOL CORD ATTACHES COVER TO BOX."ARISTOCRAT'S EARRING W/CASE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422242-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Earring
content: 12.5 cm
label: Unknown - Earring
content: 4 cm
label: Unknown - Case
content: 14.5 cm
label: Unknown - Case
content: 5 cm