hat; head-dress; religious/ritual equipment BM-As1905-0518.11

Period:Unknown Production date:1905 (circa?)
Materials:wool, cotton,
Technique:plain weave, twill weave, printed,
Subjects:buddhism
Dimensions:Length: 82 centimetres Width: 36 centimetres

Description:
A monk’s / lama’s hat / head-dress; deepest at centre front, tapering towards back. Made from a red wool fabric with a tight, close pile on woven (?) ground; technique? Red twill woven wool flaps at back, stitched together at tip. Lined with coarse natural cream tabby woven cotton cloth, some sections printed. Crest made of strands of red woollen yarn, longest at mid-top; stitched tightly at outer edge to produce pile effect.
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Comments:See: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/ Museum label with object: ‘Worn by Nyingumpa sect’. Paper label with object: ’12A’.