underskirt(?); religious/ritual equipment BM-As1997-Q.127

Period:Unknown Production date:19thC(late)
Materials:cotton
Technique:plain weave, twill weave,
Subjects:buddhism
Dimensions:Length: 262 centimetres Width: 105 centimetres

Description:
A lama’s underskirt (?). Made of four equal sized pieces of yellow tabby cotton cloth. A 14 cms border (double thickness) made from twill woven cotton cloth of the same colour on all four sides. Further strips of twill cloth stitched to front of garment. Two triangular-shaped pieces of cotton cloth stitched to each corner.
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Comments:This object is likely to be from the As1894,0310 collection. See: http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/