Period:Unknown Production date:19thC(late)
Materials:silk
Technique:plain weave
Subjects:buddhism
Dimensions:Length: 110 centimetres Width: 23.50 centimetres
Description:
A ceremonial scarf (?); tabby woven, open weave, using a pale green silk yarn; appears to contain size. One end has unworked warp ends, both ends raw. Damaged.
IMG
Comments:This cloth, together with As1895,-.28, appears to be made from the same warp as [2015,OA+.777] (S Longhurst). For an image of abbots wearing scarves similar to this see: Harris, Clare and Tsering Shakya (eds.) 2003, Seeing Lhasa: British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital, 1936 – 1947: 11. See: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/
Materials:silk
Technique:plain weave
Subjects:buddhism
Dimensions:Length: 110 centimetres Width: 23.50 centimetres
Description:
A ceremonial scarf (?); tabby woven, open weave, using a pale green silk yarn; appears to contain size. One end has unworked warp ends, both ends raw. Damaged.
IMG
Comments:This cloth, together with As1895,-.28, appears to be made from the same warp as [2015,OA+.777] (S Longhurst). For an image of abbots wearing scarves similar to this see: Harris, Clare and Tsering Shakya (eds.) 2003, Seeing Lhasa: British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital, 1936 – 1947: 11. See: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/
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