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EAP1221/16/2/1
- Record Id:
- 040-004549210
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004549203
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100188553847.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1221/16/2/1
- Title:
- པིར་རུ
- Additional Titles:
-
pir ru
Medical suction cups
- Scope & Content:
- Medical suction cups. A collection of five suction cups: two brass cones and three animal horn tips that used for "cupping" the technique of applying a vacuum to remove bad blood (black blood). The cup is applied to the skin for half an hour, the hole in the tip of the cup sealed for that time with a special piece of meat. The horns tips are from blue sheep, deer or cows.
Extent: Five cone shaped medical cups made from brass or animal horn.
Size and dimensions of original material: Varying from 6 to 8 cm in length.
Condition of original material: Worn through age and usage.
Arrangement: All material kept in the household prayer room.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Culturally-Tibetan Household Archives of Spiti
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004549203
036-004549209
040-004549210 - Is part of:
- EAP1221/16 : Lobsang Gatuk Collection
EAP1221/16/2 : Medical artefacts
EAP1221/16/2/1 : པིར་རུ - Hierarchy:
- 032-004549203[0002]/036-004549209[0001]/040-004549210
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1221/16
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1221-16-2-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Tibetan
- Scripts:
- Tibetan
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- Late 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC.
- Arrangement:
- All material kept in the household prayer room
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 HP, India Tel: +91 9218422467
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in The household of Lobsang Gatuk
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)