Ladakh
Connected to...
Hobbles (yak furniture)
Carding tool; textile
Sacks (containers)

Teapot (food service); teapot lid

Hat (clothing: headwear)
Strike-a-light
Headdresses (clothing: headwear)
Headdress
Headdress
Headdress

Doll (pastimes: toys)

Spindle (textileworking: yarn preparation & felting)

Teapot lid

Spindle (textileworking: yarn preparation & felting); woman's spindle or gorlo; textile

Shawl; lingtsee
Stage of manufacture (tie-dye); waistband (belts (clothing: accessories)); textile; skerak
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Figure (ritual & belief: representations)

Hobble (yak furniture); rope & wood hobble; kunguru
Hat (clothing: headwear); hat; tipy

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Lock
Key (locks & enclosures)

Spindle holder
Boot; kowa

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Figure (ritual & belief: representations)
Hobble (yak furniture)
Sack

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Relic; medallion

Relic; medallion

Relic; medallion

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Slide of a female oracle in ladakh
Peter baldwin's slides of tibet and western china, 1987-2003

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Rosary
Spindle (textileworking: yarn preparation & felting); spindle holder
Spindle (textileworking: yarn preparation & felting); spindle holder
Sample (textileworking: weaving); textile
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