pocket; pouch; belt-pendant BM-As1905-0518.57

Period:Unknown Production date:1905 (circa?)
Materials:silk, metal,
Technique:brocaded, braided, macramé, plain weave,

Dimensions:Length: 67 centimetres Width: 17 centimetres

Description:
A pocket / pouch / belt-pendant. Made of red silk brocaded cloth; towards the bottom a seascape design, with Buddhist motifs, a dragon and a phoenix; bordered with a key and fret design. Folded into vertical concertina pleats at top; held in place with maroon/blue cords with single tassel at one end (other missing?); loosening of cord allows access to shallow pocket/pouch. In front of pocket opening hangs red/blue braid (motifs/ground colours swopped on obverse); large, flat endless macramé knot (gold-coloured, metal-wrapped thread, doubled) and purple tassel suspended below. Loop made from blue/green tabby silk cloth; lining made with same cloth.
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Comments:From acquisition “belt hanging”. See: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/