Belt Ornament / Chain
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: COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS "NOMAD WOMAN'S FRONT DECORATION-WITH BELT DECORATIONS (USED TO HOOK ON MILK BUCKET). MADE BY VILLAGERS. (SUMDZIN)" BROWN LEATHER STRIP WITH ANCHOR-SHAPED ORNAMENT SUSPENDED FROM IT, AND SEVERAL SILVER-COLORED METAL CHAINS ATTACHED TO THE BRASS "ANCHOR". ROUND ORNAMENTS ATTACHED TO THE LEATHER STRIP. THESE HAVE A GLASS PIECE SET IN THE CENTER, AND PATTERNS IN THE BRASS RADIATING FROM THE CENTER. ONE OF THESE ORNAMENTS IS DETACHED FROM THE LEATHER. CONFIRMED VIA EMAIL WITH MELVYN GOLDSTEIN (JUNE 5, 2002) THAT TERM IN PARENTHESES IS THE OBJECT NAME IN THE LOCAL NOMADIC DIALECT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Chang Tang (Changthang) Region, Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan, Phala
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430471-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Leather/brass Part
content: 39 cm
label: Diameter - Leather Part
content: 4 cm
label: Width - Brass Part
content: 8 cm
label: Length - Chain
content: 42 cm