Robe "Chuba"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Diana K. Myers
label: Donor Name
content: Diana K. Myers
notes: label: Notes
content: THE ROBE IS MADE OF A BLUE SILK BROCADE MATERIAL. THE CENTRAL DESIGN IS OF DRAGONS HOLDING FLAMING PEARL, SURROUNDED BY SCATTERING CLOUDS. ON THE LOWER BORDER OF THE ROBE IS THE MOUNTAIN AND SEA DESIGN, WITH 6-FOLD FLAMING JEWELS FLOATING AMIDST THE CALM WAVES. THE FLAMING JEWEL, ACCORDING TO KOLOY, REPRESENTS AN EMBLEM OF RICHNESS AND BENEFACTION, AND IS ALSO AN OLD BUDDHIST SYMBOL (SEE P.56). THE LINING OF THE ROBE IS MADE OF A BLUE COTTON (?) CLOTH WITH A RED SATIN INNER BORDER. THE ROBE HAS A FLAT OVERLAPPING NECKLINE AND A TOGGLE BUTTON THAT FASTENS THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THE TOGGLE BUTTON IS METAL AND OF A BRONZE COLOR WITH RED SATIN PIPING. ACCORDING TO JEAN MAILEY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. THE ROBE IS MADE OF AN 18TH CENTURY MATERIAL AND FROM THE QING DYNASTY IN CHINA. THE COLLECTOR HYPOSTULATES THAT THE ROBE WAS MADE IN CHINA FOR USE IN TIBET BY A TIBETAN OFFICIAL.
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: 358171
label: USNM Number
content: E423210-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 145 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 204 cm