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: THIS PILE RUG HAS A CENTER DESIGN OF A DRAGON CHASING PEARLS OF HAPPINESS ON A BROWN FIELD. ON THE TOP OF THE DRAGON IS A PHEONIX, AND TWO CHRYSANTHEMUMS (ONE BURGUNDY AND ONE RED). ACCORDING TO THE COLLECTOR, THE RUG HAS BEEN MADE WITH HANDSPUN TIBETAN WOOL WITH CHEMICAL DYES, AND THE BROWN FIELD MADE WITH THE YAK'S CHEST WOOL. THE RUG IS COTTON WARP AND WOOL WEFT, AND ACCORDING TO THE NOTES OF THE COLLECTOR, MADE IN WALUNGCHUNG GOLA, NEPAL IN 1980 FOR LOCAL USE. THERE IS A SMALL FRINGE ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF RUG. FOR REFERENCE, SEE KULOY, PLATE 74.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Walungchung Gola, Nepal, 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: E423225-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rug
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 181 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 91.5 cm