Case Item Number: 2663/1 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Part a is a case of heavy brown leather, rounded at the top and bottom edges with rounded protrusions below thick blue silk cord which is threaded through horizontally. Parts b-d are three tapered, hollow, brown-stained, cylindrical bone holders which are found inside case.
Item History
- Made in Tibet
- Collected between 1921 and 1924
- Owned by Mary Noble before August 22, 2005
- Received from Mary Noble (Donor) on August 22, 2005
What
- Name
- Case
- Identification Number
- 2663/1 a-d
- Type of Item
- case
- Material
- leather skin, silk fibre and bone
- Part A
- height 22.0 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 2.0 cm
- Part B D
- height 10.3 cm, diameter 1.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tibetan
- Previous Owner
- Mary Noble
- Received from
- Mary Noble (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tibet
When
- Collection Date
- between 1921 and 1924
- Ownership Date
- before August 22, 2005
- Acquisition Date
- on August 22, 2005
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2663/0001 a-d