Imperial Court Robe (k'o ssu)
name: label: Donor Name
content: Gen. Alvord V. Anderson
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Mutilated by removal of sable fur lining, ripping apart seams and removal of buttons. Field embroidred over all. Cloud figures symbolize Heaven; bottom border has diagonally embroidered strips in color topped with crescentic figures symbolizing waves and spray, and with spaced angular figures representing mountains symbolizing the Earth. Nine, 5-clawed dragons embroidered in high relief with metallic gold thread are spaced throughout the field."
label: Notes
content: Identified by Shirley Z. Johnson as probable 18th century, with a comment that the orange color would have been used on clothing for the heir apparent.
label: Notes
content: "According to the donor's letters, the removal of the buttons and sable fur lining was done before donation; the fur would have indicated that this was a winter robe." Per Stephanie Beaumont, see attached multimedia pdf research paper in accession record, 202518.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Beijing (Peking), Summer Palace, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Manchu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 202518
label: USNM Number
content: E393349-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe