A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces of carved conch shell, each approx 100mm square, the centre of each marked with a small brass button, jined together with thread and string.
Conch shell chest ornament : Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག [Mid 19th century]
File details
Creation date:
Mid 19th century
Content type:
Artefact
Originals information:
Original material is held by Meme Dorje Phuntsog.
Reference:
EAP548/2/3/6
Level:
File
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This file is part of
- Project EAP548:
- Collection EAP548/2:
- Collection EAP548/2/3:
- File EAP548/2/3/6:
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