robe(?);
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- As1933,0508.80
- Description
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A monk's / lama's robe (?). Made from twenty-one pieces of red twill woven woollen cloth; hand stitched together along selvedges. Four areas of small tie-dyed patterning in the middle of the cloth, creating circular motifs. Colour of cloth somewhat uneven as dyed after weaving. Long sides of cloth (warp ends) turned and hand stitched. A few small holes.
- Production date
- 20thC (early?)
- Dimensions
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Length: 488 centimetres
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Width: 102 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1933,0508.80