Charm-Box "Gahu"
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: EMPTY SHRINE-SHAPED BOX W/POINTED ARCHED TOP. BRASS-WASHED COPPER W/MULTI-COLORED ENAMELLED LAMAIST SYMBOLS ON THE FRONT COVER, ALSO DECORATED W/REPOUSSE. OPENING IN CENTER FRONT, W/LITTLE BANNISTER BENEATH, FOR VIEWING IMAGE INSIDE. BACK COVER SLIDES OFF, W/ ETCHED DESIGN IN CENTER. METAL LOOPS (2 ON ONE SIDE, ONE ON OTHER) ATTACHED TO SIDES FOR TYING TO CHEST OR BACK. WORN BY TRAVELERS & KEPT ON FAMILY ALTARS WHEN NOT TRAVELING. "HOLY GAHU BOX - ENAMELLED SINO-TIBETAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422262-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 6 cm