Cham dance robe and collar
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 May 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Arthur A. Leeper
label: Donor Name
content: Arthur A. Leeper
notes: label: Notes
content: 1/2 THIS DANCE ROBE IS MADE FROM STRIPS OF SILK IN COLORS OF BURGUNDY, ORANGE, GOLD BROWN AND SILK BROCADE WITH DRAGON DESIGNS OVER CLOUD, MOUNTAIN AND SEA DESIGN ON A BROWN BACKGROUND. PARTS OF THE UPPER SECTION IS MADE FROM A COTTON (HEMP?) FABRIC WITH A LINING OF A SIMILAR FABRIC. THE BOTTOM OF THE ROBE IS WIDE AND IS GATHERED (INTO FOLDS AT THE WAIST). A LEATHER BELT IS ATTACHED THROUGH LOOPS AT THE WAIST ON THE LINING OF THE ROBE. ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR, THE ROBE IS WORN WITH THE COLLAR (SEE A/A BY DANCERS IN THE ANNUAL CHAM, DANCE-DRAMA, AND ARE BOTH MADE OF 19TH CENTURY FABRIC. L. 1M 27CM W. 3M 61CM. 2/2 COLLAR WITH PURPLE SILK SEWN IN IN FORMS OF CLOUDS OVER PURPLE AND RED BROCADED SILK IN FLOWER DESIGN COTTON BACKING DIRTY AND TORN. SEE CAT# 423755 FOR CHAM DANCE WAND. W. 1M 17CM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358174
label: USNM Number
content: E423807-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 127 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2
content: 361 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2
content: 117 cm