Ceremonial Dagger
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Sep 1973
name: label: Donor Name
content: New Delhi Charity Godown Society
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Trilobed conical ivory blade topped with a very finely cast (lost wax in brass?) head of "Rahul", which has been gilded. Used by a [Buddhist] lama in propitiation ceremony."
label: Notes
content: Rahul or Rahula, protective deity, chief of the planetary deities, in form of raven head of eclipse planet Rahu, is on dagger handle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, 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: 307644
label: USNM Number
content: E415602-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dagger