Elephant Howdah & Harness, 3 Pcs.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1887
name: label: Donor Name
content: Siamese Centennial Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A. SADDLE, L. 53 1/2", W. 30 1/2", H. 30". HEAVY SADDLE-LIKE WOODEN FRAME, "V" SHAPED BELOW, WITH BLACK-PAINTED TIN ON THE SIDES, AND ON TOP A RECTANGULAR BOX FORMED BY A LOW GALLERY. MOST OF WOOD PANELS FLORAL CARVED AND GOLD LACQUERED. EDGES PAINTED RED. B. HARNESS, ONE SINGLE HEAVY ROPE, 77" L. AND ONE DOUBLE ROPE, 99" L., WRAPPED IN RED CLOTH, AND ATTACHED TO EACH END A HEAVY SILVER INLAID IRON RING. ALSO THREE THINNER ROPES ALSO WRAPPED IN RED, 116" L. C. PROD., 73" L., 1 1/8" DIA. BAMBOO POLE INSERTED INTO A SHORT CONICAL IRON HEAD."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 119
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 87A00025
label: USNM Number
content: E180168-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Howdah / Harness
physicalDescription: label: Length - Saddle
content: 135.9 cm
label: Width - Saddle
content: 77.5 cm
label: Height - Saddle
content: 76 cm
label: Unknown - Single Rope
content: 196 cm
label: Length - Double Rope
content: 251 cm
label: Length - Thinner Ropes
content: 295 cm
label: Length - Pole
content: 185 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 2.857 cm