coat; overgown BM-As1905-0518.61

Period:Unknown Production date:1905 (circa?)
Materials:silk (?), metal, cotton,
Technique:velvet, brocaded, satin, printed, plain weave,

Dimensions:Length: 131 centimetres Width: 712 centimetres

Description:
A woman’s ceremonial coat (sleeveless) / over-gown/ a ‘sikok’? [Very similar in cut and patterning to As1903,1017.3 and As1992,16.1.] Made from brown silk (?) velvet cloth. Centre front opening; square cut armholes. Tapered polychrome panels inserted either side of opening, near side vents and wide panel at centre back [16.5 cms wide]. Narrow silk (?) velvet bands in tones of yellow, brown, green, blue, lilac and brown. Stitched to shoulders is red and blue silk brocaded cloth, a stylized floral pattern, worked on the diagonal (with gold- and silver-coloured metal-wrapped thread). Side vents and hemline piped with red satin silk thread. Coat lined with printed tabby cotton cloth: red and green (with natural cream) birds, butterflies, roses and other flowers on a blue ‘ground’.
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Comments:From acquisition “over-gown”. See: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/ See As1992,16.1 for a similarly styled coat and the accompanying Curator’s Comments.