Rug
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
label: Collector
content: Dr. Cynthia Beall
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
notes: label: Notes
content: SMALL PIECE OF CHINESE-STYLE PILE RUG, WITH WOOL FABRIC BORDERS ADDED ON. RUG IS COARSE PILE (4 KNOTS/CM). BLUE AND ORANGE STYLIZED FLOWERS ON BROWN BACKGROUND WITH DARK BLUE BORDER. OUTER BORDER OF BLUE AND WHITE CURVED LINES (?) ON LIGHT BROWN BACKGROUND. DARK BLUE EDGE. IT APPEARS THAT THIS PIECE OF RUG WAS CUT, THEN THE EDGES WERE SEWN TO A STRIP OF COARSELY-WOVEN GRAY TWILL (VISIBLE ON THE BACK). THEN THIS GRAY FABRIC WAS COVERED OVER ON THE FRONT BY A STRIP OF RED WOOL TWILL FABRIC, WHICH APPEARS TO BE HANDWOVEN AND HANDSPUN. RUG HAS SMALL AREA (3 X 4 CM) OF MAJOR LOSS OF PILE, AND SEVERAL AREAS OF MINOR LOSS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chang Tang (Changthang) Region, Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan, Phala
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430512-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 75 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 65 cm