Ceremonial Robe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Aug 1978
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LARGE, HEAVY ROBE OF BROCADE, LINED WITH ROYAL BLUE SILK. LONG-SLEEVED, OVERLAPPING DIAGONAL EDGE AT RIGHT SHOULDER, IN CHUBA STYLE. SPHERIAL BRASS BUTTONS. GOLD BROCADE, WITH MULTI-COLORED FLORAL PATTERN POSSIBLY PART OF WALL HANGING, MADE IN CHINA FOR TIBETAN USE. BORDERED WITH DECORATIVE GEOMETRIC EMBROIDERY BANDS OF FRET DESIGNS, IN SHADES OF GREENS, REDS AND BLUE. BLACK VELVET CUFFS AND HEM, PLUS EDGING AT SIDE. SAID BY DONOR TO BE THE CEREMONIAL UNIFORM OF THE CHIEF OF THE CAVALRY ARMY. REPUTEDLY CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY IN TIBET BY TIBETANS (USING CHINESE MATERIALS.)"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 332885
label: USNM Number
content: E420050-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe