Blade head for silk standard pole [1941.2.127 .2].

Collection type: Object
Description: Blade head for silk standard pole [1941.2.127 .2].
Long description: Head of a standard: iron spear-head inlaid with brighter metal (or painted?), with a head made of textile just above the socket. The head is in the shape of a skull with painted teeth and red eye sockets. The textile is covered an unknown substance. For standard pole see [1941.2.127 .2]. [MJD (Verve) 11/05/2015]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet; Lake Tamdok Pedi-Jong Monastery 'Dung'
Person: Field collector William George Lawrence Beynon; Field collector British Expedition to Tibet; Field collector Francis Edward Younghusband Expedition; PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903-1904
Date collected: 1903 - 1904
Acquisition information: Donated: 1941
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Inlaid, Process Moulded, Process Painted, Process Woven, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Width: max 66 mm, Length: max 440 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1941.2.127.1 Other numbers: 529 A

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