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Object Number
37-131-60/2974
Display Title
Skull cup
Descriptions
Object Description
New skull cup, apparently never used unless for drinking from: Skull cap
Inventory Description
Cup, worked top half of human skull
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Cup
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Tibet
Additional Geographic Terms
Chamdo; Tibet, eastern border of; Szechuan Province, adjoining
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 6.6 x 18.2 x 14.5 cm (2 5/8 x 7 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-131-60/2974
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