Tea Churn
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 May 1989
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 "1 TEA CHURN / MADE BY VILLAGER / DONMO" WOODEN CYLINDER WITH 5 WIDE BRASS RINGS AROUND IT, AND A BRASS COVER ON TOP. WOODEN ROD/DASHER WITH BRASS HANDLE EXTENDS FROM HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE CHURN. LEATHER STRAP ATTACHES TO RINGS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM. CONFIRMED VIA EMAIL WITH MELVYN GOLDSTEIN (JUNE 5, 2002) THAT TERM IN PARENTHESES IS THE OBJECT NAME IN THE LOCAL NOMADIC DIALECT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E430483-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tea Churn
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 90 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 10 cm