Textile top with cross tie

Museum number:
9-11001
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
224 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Sho-gang: 2.5 cm diameter; 6.2 grams; fair condition, worn at edges. Obverse: stylized lion in center, surrounded by inscription, enclosed in circle which is bordered by tiny round balls; milled edge, worn. Reverse: similar obverse without figure (i.e. only Tibetan inscription here.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
October 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Textile top with cross tie, accession number 9-11001, described as Sho-gang: 2.5 cm diameter; 6.2 grams; fair condition, worn at edges. Obverse: stylized lion in center, surrounded by inscription, enclosed in circle which is bordered by tiny round balls; milled edge, worn. Reverse: similar obverse without figure (i.e. only Tibetan inscription here.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Textile top with cross tie, accession number 9-11001, described as Sho-gang: 2.5 cm diameter; 6.2 grams; fair condition, worn at edges. Obverse: stylized lion in center, surrounded by inscription, enclosed in circle which is bordered by tiny round balls; milled edge, worn. Reverse: similar obverse without figure (i.e. only Tibetan inscription here.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Textile top with cross tie, accession number 9-11001, described as Sho-gang: 2.5 cm diameter; 6.2 grams; fair condition, worn at edges. Obverse: stylized lion in center, surrounded by inscription, enclosed in circle which is bordered by tiny round balls; milled edge, worn. Reverse: similar obverse without figure (i.e. only Tibetan inscription here.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Textile top with cross tie, accession number 9-11001, described as Sho-gang: 2.5 cm diameter; 6.2 grams; fair condition, worn at edges. Obverse: stylized lion in center, surrounded by inscription, enclosed in circle which is bordered by tiny round balls; milled edge, worn. Reverse: similar obverse without figure (i.e. only Tibetan inscription here.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile top with cross tie, accession number 9-11001, described as Sho-gang: 2.5 cm diameter; 6.2 grams; fair condition, worn at edges. Obverse: stylized lion in center, surrounded by inscription, enclosed in circle which is bordered by tiny round balls; milled edge, worn. Reverse: similar obverse without figure (i.e. only Tibetan inscription here.

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