Eyeglasses
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Jerry Lieblein
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Jerry Lieblein
notes: label: Notes
content: ATTACHED TO TWO ROUND, RIMMED LENSES ARE BRASS SIDE BARS AND HINGED TEMPLES. LENSES CONNECTED BY NOSE BRIDGE. SPECTACLES ("YANJING") ARE NON-PRESCRIPTION EYE- GLASSES FOR PERSONAL ADORNMENT. PROBABLY EARLY 19TH CENTURY. STATUS SYMBOL (ARISTOCRAT; LEARNED MAN). FAINT, ILLEGIBLE MARKS ON OUTSIDE OF BRASS TEMPLE. POSSIBLY MAKER'S MARK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Beijing (Peking), China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358151
label: USNM Number
content: E423240-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Eyeglasses
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.5 cm