long, silk brocade woman's style robe. sleeveless with button-and loop closure under right arm. outer garment of plum colored silk brocade, woven with gold dragons and phoenixes, flaming jewels and other unidentified motifs. cloud patterns also woven into the ground in the same plum color. lined with aqua blue and pale-blue green brocade-woven silk. machine made with some hand work.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet - central
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes and Robes (main garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 103.5 centimeters and length 153 centimeters