Pen-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: LONG SLENDER CYLINDRICAL CASE OF IRON, THE ENTIRE SURFACE DECORATED W/REPOUSSE WORK, DEPICTING A DRAGON AMONG SCROLLWORK. COVER SEPARATES FROM BODY APPROX. 1/3 DISTANCE FROM THE END, PIERCED LOOPS EXTEND, FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE SEPARATION FOR ATTACHMENT OF A CORD. KNOBBED FINIALS AT BOTH ENDS. GOLD WASH OVER ENTIRE SURFACE.
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Fine 17th C. Tibetan ironwork pen case richly carved of iron and damascened in gold. The motifs are Sino-Tibetan in nature including a dragon chasing a pearl and other vegetal motifs. The work is indicative of the Derge region.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422253-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pen Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33.5 cm