Alms Bowl Bag, Yam
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1974."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 75. Identified there as a monk's bag, yam, for an alms bowl, made of imported Indian brocade. "The yam is worn over the shoulder with the lidded monk's bowl inside. A monk uses a bowl ... to accept food offerings. After accepting the offerings, the lid is replaced and the flaps of the yam are crossed over the bowl."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005318
label: USNM Number
content: E27270-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag