Palace Taperstry
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Aug 1978
label: Collection Date
content: 1962 to 1972
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tsering R. Lhungay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LARGE TAPESTRY OF THIN SILK, SLIT TAPESTRY WEAVE, BORDERED WITH BANDS OF BLUE, WHITE AND ROSE BROCADE. GOLD BACKGROUND, WITH LANDSCAPE SCENES; BLUE WAVES, GREY ROCKS, GREEN HILLS, A RED SUN, AND CLOUDS (RED, PINK, BLUE, YELLOW, AND GREEN). CENTRAL MOUNTAIN WITH TWO DRAGON FIGURES. RED CLOUD IN BACK OF MOUNTAIN, FLAMING JEWEL AT MOUNTAIN'S PEAK. FOURTEEN HUMAN FIGURES; CALLIGRAPHER, MUSICIANS, SERVANTS, TRAVELERS, GARDEN AND DOMESTIC SCENES. THREE PANELS JOINED, ONE OR MORE PANELS MISSING OBVIOUS GAP IN DESIGN BETWEEN CENTER AND RIGHT. FADED AND TORN. CALLED "REY CHAYETHOKTV RIMO TSEMDROOP DANG CHAY PA" BY DONOR, WHO STATES THAT THE SCENES PORTRAY THE THREE BUDDHIST WORLDS: HEAVEN, THE WORLD OF MAN, AND THE NETHERWORLD. OBTAINED BETWEEN 1950-1959. DATED BETWEEN 1962-1972 BY DR. LAWTON OF THE FREER."
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: E420072-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tapestry