Tibetan Flag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 May 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Arthur A. Leeper
label: Donor Name
content: Arthur A. Leeper
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS, ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR, IS A SECTION OF A LARGE CONTEMPORARY TIBETAN FLAG, MADE IN DHARMSALA, NORTHERN INDIA, SEAT OF THE TIBETAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE IN THE LATE 1960'S. THE FLAG IS MADE OF BRIGHTLY-COLORED PIECES OF COTTON CLOTH (RED, BLUE, YELLOW) WITH A PAINTED DESIGN ON WHITE OF TWO SNOW LIONS HOLDING A FLAMING JEWEL WITH ONE PAW AND A YIN-YANG SYMBOL WITH THE OTHER. OVER THE TOP OF THE DESIGN IS SEWN A YELLOW SUN. WHITE COTTON TIES ON TOP FOR HANGING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
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: 358174
label: USNM Number
content: E423830-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flag