Tinder Pouch
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: SHALLOW RECTANGULAR PURSE OF TANNED LEATHER, EDGES REINFORCED W/BRASS BANDS. SOLID STEEL BAR W/ POINTED ENDS ATTACHED TO ENTIRE LENGTH OF BOTTOM EDGE FOR STRIKING FLINT. BACK IS TURNED OVER TO MAKE A FRONT FLAP COVERING THE POUCH, W/ATTACHED REPOUSSE METAL DECORATION W/ELEPHANTS, SCROLLWORK & FLOWERS. A ROUND OBJECT (COIN?) WAS ATTACHED TO EACH SIDE OF FLAP, BUT BOTH ARE MISSING. IRON BAND ATTACHED TO TOP, W/3 LOOPS FOR ATTACHMENT OF METAL HANDLE & COIN TOGGLE. "TIBETAN LIGHTER, SILVER/LEATHER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E422250-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tinder Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.75 cm