Sheath
51-4-70
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-4-70 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 15th Century - 1935 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Yak Hide | Silver | Jewels | Coral | Turquoise | Malachite |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Iconography | Eight Buddhist Symbols |
| Description | Scabbard. Unusual. Yak hide with medallions of hammered silver in form of Buddhist symbols; insets of red and false coral, turquoise, malachite. Wide silver band at closed end; narrow brass band band at open end. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 211 - Other Number |
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