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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