Woman's Earrings
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Tsering Lhungay Family
label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: PENDANT OF GOLD W/ ELABORATE MOSAIC OF BLUE TURQUOISE SET IN SEALING WAX. TREFOIL SHAPE AT TOP & BOTTOM, W/ RED JEWEL SET, AT TOP. CENTER DESIGN IS BUDDHIST JEWEL SHAPE, MADE UP OF MULTIPLE PIECES OF TURQUOISE W/ RAISED CENTER, W/ SINGLE CIRCLE OF TURQUOISE BELOW. ALL UNITS OUTLINED W/ GOLD BANDS, BEADS & SCROLLWORK, SILVER HOOKS SOLDERED TO BACK W/ CORDS ATTACHED. STYLE WORN IN LHASA. "ARISTOCRATS' WEDDING EARRING, 24K GOLD & VERY FINE TURQUOISE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353024
label: USNM Number
content: E422240-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Earring
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.5 cm