Sheath
Scabbard
32-47-35B
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 32-47-35B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan | Mongolian |
Provenience | Tibet |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Copper | Brass | Wood | Carnelian |
Technique | Guigong | Carved | Embossed |
Description | Scabbard. Wood covered with copper and brass with relief ornamentation and three carvelian buttons. Disassociated pieces joined together. Embossed Mongolian workmanship. Guigong, carved devil work is characteristic of Tibetan work. |
Credit Line | Academy of Natural Science / University Museum Expedition to Southwest China and Tibet; Gordon T. Bowles, 1932 |
Other Number | 2 - Other Number |
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