Charm-Box "Ghahu"
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: SQUARE BOX OF THIN SILVER, W/FITTED IRON BACK. FRONT & SIDES COVERED W/TWISTED WIRE SCROLLWORK, TOP ALSO DECORATED W/INSET CHIPS OF BLUE-TURQUOISE W/A FEW RED & GREEN GLASS CHIPS & ONE BLACK BEAD. 4 TRIANGULAR EXTENSIONS, ALSO INLAID W/TURQUOISE, ARE ATTACHED TO THE TOP EDGES, ONE ON EACH SIDE. ELABORATE LOOPS, TUBE-SHAPED, ATTACHED TOP & BOTTOM, SMALLER LOOPS ON SIDESAS WELL. WORN ON CHEST, FILLED W/CHARMS & PRAYERS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422257-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 11.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 2.5 cm