Scale And Weight
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: COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS "IRON SCALE, USED BY NOMAD LEADER IN TRADITIONAL SOCIETY, MADE BY VILLAGERS". IRON CROSSBEAM INSCISED WITH CIRCLES AND ARROWS AT REGULAR INTERVALS. IRON DISH SUSPENDED FROM BEAM BY COARSE ANIMAL-HAIR BRAIDED CORDS. WEIGHT IS AN IRON CUBE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND A LOOP ON TOP. A CORD RUNS THROUGH THIS LOOP.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E430480-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scale/Weight
physicalDescription: label: Length - Crossbar
content: 59.3 cm
label: Length - Rope
content: 30 cm
label: Diameter - Dish
content: 14 cm
label: Length - Weight
content: 6 cm
label: Width - Weight
content: 5.5 cm
label: Height - String
content: 30 cm