Rug
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Myers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: THE PILE RUG IS DECORATED W/3 PEONY MEDALLIONS WITH CLOUD/MT. CORNERS. RUGS WITH THIS DESIGN, ACCORDING TO KOLOY, ARE TYPICALLY TIBETAN, THOUGH NOT MANY OF THIS DESIGN ARE MADE TODAY. (SEE DESCRIPTION ON P.88). THE INNER BORDERS ARE BLUE WITH WHITE PEARLS. THE PEARL BORDER IS QUITE COMMON WITH RUGS WITH THE MEDALLION DESIGN AND SEPARATES THE CORNER DESIGNS FROM THE OUTER BORDER. THE OUTER BORDER IS SECTIONAL WITH THE DESIGN OF FLOWERS AND JOINED SWASTIKAS, AND SURROUNDED BY A THICK, BLUE WOOLEN FRINGE. VARIATIONS OF THE SWASTIKA ARE OFTEN FOUND ON TIBETAN RUGS. ON THIS RUG, THE COLORS=BLUE, PINK AND WHITE PREDOMINATE.
label: Notes
content: Note: The swastika is an old symbol in the Buddhist religion and in Tibetan culture. It is a protective device used as a blessing or "auspicious sign." When one swastika is joined to another to form a chain it can be used as a border or protective boundary on clothing, carpets and other household items.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: 358171
label: USNM Number
content: E423211-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 303 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 78.5 cm