Monk's robe [COB 13/9/2018]

Collection type: Object
Description: Monk's robe [COB 13/9/2018]
Long description: Gold colour silk monks robe with a brocade abstract swastika pattern in a lighter yellow/gold. Two triangular pieces of silk in each corner are stitched on separately. There is dark blue stitching forming a rectangle in the middle section of the piece, and leading from the corner of the rectangle to the corner of the piece (up until the triangular pieces). Inside this inner rectangle there are additional pieces of the same fabric forming overlapping rectangles, with some pieces only stitched down on one edge (either with blue or gold thread). [COB 13/9/2018]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Person: Field collector John Driver; PRM source John Driver
Date
Date collected: by 1959
Acquisition information: Donated: 20/03/2018
Materials and processes: Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Process Brocaded Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width: max 3120 mm, Length: max 1345 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.220.12
Research and responses: This is a namjar, and is used for formal ceremonial occasions and worn Kashaya-style, leaving the right arm bare. This information is from:https://www.thoughtco.com/the-buddhas-robe-450083. Julia Nicholson’s notes suggest that the addition of patches is to make the robe appear to be poor gold. [COB 13/9/2018]

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