Collar

Museum number:
9-22306
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Alternate number:
9-22172, BY.T-147, and T-147 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
collar for statue; made from square piece of red fabric with blue, green and pink pattern. scalloped and painted corded edges with opening for neck; lined with gold silk; corded neck line with ties at back.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Collars (neckwear)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
ritual
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 12 centimeters and length 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-22306, described as collar for statue; made from square piece of red fabric with blue, green and pink pattern. scalloped and painted corded edges with opening for neck; lined with gold silk; corded neck line with ties at back.

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