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
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:
Pendants (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters
Loans:
S1987-1988 #9: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (August 1987–November 2, 1987)