Robe

Museum number:
9-22206
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-264 and T-264 (original number)
Description:
man's silk brocade robe; copper colored brocade-woven silk, with patterns including 5-toed dragons, wheels, clouds, conch shell, endless flaming jewels, canopies and other propitious symbols. fully lined with brocade-woven, turquoise blue silk. seamed up collar with piped edge and 5 button-and-loop closures at neck, under right arm and down right side. very long sleeves. all machine made.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons 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:
collar— height 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-22206, described as man's silk brocade robe; copper colored brocade-woven silk, with patterns including 5-toed dragons, wheels, clouds, conch shell, endless flaming jewels, canopies and other propitious symbols. fully lined with brocade-woven, turquoise blue silk. seamed up collar with piped edge and 5 button-and-loop closures at neck, under right arm and down right side. very long sleeves. all machine made.

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