Ritual mirror pendant "melong"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 May 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Arthur A. Leeper
label: Donor Name
content: Arthur A. Leeper
notes: label: Notes
content: THIN METAL PLATE, CIRCULAR AND SLIGHTLY CONVEX. THERE'S A TIBETAN CHARACTER IN CENTER WITH SMALL ENGRAVINGS ON 3 SIDES. A SMALL HOLE WITH A SHORT SILK STRING ATTACHED. THIS MIRROR, ACCORDING TO THE NEWARK MUSEUM CATALOGUE, VOL. 2, P.42 (SEE HISTORY CARD), IS USED DURING CEREMONIES TO DRIVE AWAY DEMONS, AND/OR TO CATCH THE IMAGE OF A GOD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358174
label: USNM Number
content: E423757-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant