Accession No
2015.41
Description
paper - One pack of 10 individual bundles of handmade paper, made from the plant Daphne (lokhta in Nepali). Tied with nettle fibre string. This is half the size of a traditional bundle
Place
Asia; South Asia; Himalayas; Nepal; Okhaldunga District
Period
Source
Diemberger, Hildegard [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2015.41
Cultural Affliation
Material
Paper; Plant
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected in 2013/14 by the donor Dr Hildegard Diemberger, Director of the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, University of Cambridge, for 4,000 rupees with the mallet and ladle (2015.37 & 2015.38). Loaned 08/04/2014 (see Object Entry Form MN 0009) for the Exhibition 'Buddha's Word: the life of books in Tibet and beyond', opening May 2014'.
Event Date 12/6/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
One pack of 10 individual bundles of handmade paper, made from the plant Daphne (lokhta in Nepali). Tied with nettle fibre string. This is half the size of a traditional bundle
Event Date 12/6/2015
Author: maa
FM:268341
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