Brocade Dragon Robe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Aug 1978
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MULTI-COLORED ROBE OF ELABORATELY DESIGNED SILK BROCADE LINED WITH TAN CLOTH. TYPICAL DRAGON PATTERN: 8 DRAGONS, AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF CLOUDS OF 5 COLORS (RED, PINK, BLUE, GREEN, & YELLOW); AND THE "JEWEL-STREWN SEA" (DIAGONAL SLANTING STRIPES OF THE 5 COLORS) BORDERING THE HEM, FROM WHICH RISE THE 4 MOUNTAINS OF LONGEVITY. COLLAR & CUFFS OF DIFFERENT, NAVY BLUE BROCADE, WITH GOLD DRAGONS, PROBABLY LATER ADDITIONS. POSSIBLY LATE 19TH CENTURY, ACCORDING TO DR. LAWTON, FREER DIRECTOR. ADDITIONAL REFERENCE: CHINA'S DRAGON ROBES, BY S. CAMMANN, 1952, RONALD PRESS CO., N.Y."
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: E420049-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe