jewelry, women’s; silver, turquoise; with tiny utensils attached; used anytime by women; hung over right side of dress (over breast) as ornament; contains utensils for picking teeth, cleaning nails, removing ear wax, etcetera
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collection date:
October 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters
Loans:
S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)