Net, "Tah"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1898
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FOR CARRYING POTS IN WHEN TRAVELLING." FROM CARD: "178,135A CARRYING NET (TAH).-OF YAK HAIR, THE MESHES INGENIOUSLY FORMED BY INTER-TWISTING A TWO-PLY CORD. FROM THE CLOSED END OF THE NET A CORD WITH LOOP EXTENDS, AND THROUGH LOOPS AT THE OPEN END A GATHERING STRING PASSES, THE EXTREMITIES OF WHICH ARE PLAITED TOGETHER AND TERMINATED BY A WOODEN TOGGLE OR BUTTON WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE LOOP FORMING A SHOULDER STRAP. USED FOR CARRYING POTS WHEN TRAVELING. RUPSHU, LADAKH. 178,135. GIFT OF DR. W. L. ABBOTT."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Champas, Rupshu, Ladakh, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 033299
label: USNM Number
content: E178135-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Net