Niello Shears In Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Maha Mongkut
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LONG THIN TAPERED BLADES WITH FLORAL DESIGNS INLAID IN GOLD AND BLACK NIELLO ENAMEL. USED FOR HAIR CUTTING. CASE: LONG NARROW RECTANGULAR OF WOOD, COVERED OUTSIDE WITH LEATHER WHICH IS STAMPED AROUND THE EDGES WITH A SMALL LEAF DESIGN IN GOLD, AND INSCRIPTION: "BANG KOK". INSIDE SHAPED AND LINED WITH FELT, HINGED."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 54-56. Identified as niello scissors or shears used for tonsure ceremonies.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Siamese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 266032
label: USNM Number
content: E66-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shears
physicalDescription: label: Length - Shears
content: 35 cm
label: Length - Case
content: 37 cm
label: Width - Case
content: 6 cm