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Start Over Donor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund Loans S1987-1988 #9: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (August 1987–November 2, 1987)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-10987, described as locket; silver, turquoise inlaid; worn anytime by women for ornamentation; hung on string around neck
Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 9-10989, described as necklace; silver, turquoise, coral; worn around neck anytime by women for ornamentation (especially peasant and nomad women)
Hearst Museum object titled Cover, accession number 9-11997b, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 9-10991, described as earring; silver, turquoise; worn anytime as ornamentation by men, women (commoners); nobles wear these made of gold; hung from ear with cotton thread
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Locket, accession number 9-10988, described as locket with necklace; silver, turquoise, coral beads; worn anytime by women for ornamentation; hung from neck
Hearst Museum object titled Metal box, accession number 9-11997a, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 9-10986, described as pendant, head; silver, turquoise; worn anytime by women (formerly, after engagement) as ornament; hung by string on forehead, either singly or in clusters; once used to announce engagements
Hearst Museum object titled Sheath, accession number 9-11940a, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Silver box and cover, accession number 9-11997a,b, described as charm-box, shrine shaped; a) box has copper sides, repousse silver front or cover with Buddhistic symbols including endless knot, conch shell; central cut-out area in front for image (missing); 2 metal loops on each side; b) copper back, shrine-shaped; container for charms; worn on journeys and kept on the household altar at other times. Thong (missing) would pass through metal loops. According to Professor Lewis Lancaster, Oriental Languages Department, UC Berkeley (ca. 1976) this type of charm box is made in Nepal
Hearst Museum object titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-10843, described as snuff bottle; silver frame, yak horn sides, inlay of turqoise and red colored glass or gems; silverwork around opening has lotus-leaf motif; silver chains hold lid and spoon to bottle’s body; yak horn is black; to hold and dispense snuff; snuff is spooned onto thumb, sniffed into nostrils

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