NAM.1976-02-23-1

Tibetan brass urn, in three sections, 1888 (c). Made in Tibet. Shaped as a figure of eight, formed from two parts with a lid, the upper part screwing into the lower and each shaped as an irregular sphere. The upper section has a lid in the form of a slightly domed disc with an impressed linear and low stepped border. The lid has an oval holding ring and hand filed thread projecting below, a diameter of 8.5 cm. The middle section - bowl, threaded inside rim to receive the above, projection below, threaded as above, diameter 11 cm. The bottom bowl section has a diameter of 17 cm and is also threaded inside the rim to receive the middle part. Internally visible are the hammering marks produced by manufacture. Associated with P V Luke on Sikkim expedition, North West Frontier, 1888 The campaign was a military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from Sikkim. The day book notes he was in charge of Telegraphs in the 2nd Afghan War, and was associated with Lord Roberts.

India, North West Frontier, Sikkim (1888), Younghusband Expedition, Tibet (1903-1904)