Brass Gong
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: King Phra Pin Klao
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A CIRCULAR GONG OF BEATEN BRASS OR BRONZE, EDGES TURNED DOWN SO IS 8 CM. THICK. IN THE CENTER OF THE FACE IS A LARGE ROUND BOSS 12. CM IN DIA. IN ONE SIDE ARE TWO HOLES FOR THE CORD BY WHICH IT IS ORDINARILLY SUSPENDED FROM A TRIPOD OF THREE STICKS. STICK: OF ROSEWOOD WITH IVORY FERRULE AT THE BACK END, AND PLAITED COTTON CORD HEAD. HAWLEY DID NOT FIND THIS BECAUSE ONLY BORE THE SECOND NO. REFER: DENSMORE, U.S.N.M. BULL. NO. 136, PL. 1-E, P.114."
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. 124
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Nov 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: 286521
label: USNM Number
content: E94-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gong
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8 cm