Pen-Case & Cover
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Feb 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: St Alban's Church
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Oval cross-sectioned heavy iron sheath with slide-on top. Front in thick openwork design of dragons and a horse. Appears to be cast though reference refers to it as chiselled. Front is gilded but only touches on the incised curvilinear floral back. Two loops for cord on one side. These are carried by lamas who use them effectively as weapons, in lieu of not being allowed to carry regular weapons. Ref.: Stone, p. 492, figure 629 (1)."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 19th C. Tibetan carved iron and gold damascened pen case.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 265876
label: USNM Number
content: E404240-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pen-Case