Silk standard on wooden pole. [EH [OPS move] 25/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Silk standard on wooden pole. [EH [OPS move] 25/7/2017]
Long description: Silk standard. Cylindrical wooden pole terminating at both ends with iron fittings. The pole is painted in dark brown pigment with alternating bands of stripes and bands of scale shapes. At one end, the metal terminal is spear-shaped and decoratively worked in a scroll pattern at the base; at the other, the terminal is ribbed and circular in section, widening at the middle. At the same end as the spear-shaped terminal, a silk flag is tied to the pole. The flag consists of two layers, one of which has a rectangle of blue silk and three undyed triangular streamers, and the other of which has a rectangle of natural silk and three red triangular streamers. A brass sheath is attached to the pole below where the flag is tied on to the pole, and a brass disc with stamped border is attached to the flag. [EH [OPS move] 25/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet; Lake Tamdok Pedi-Jong Monastery 'Dung'
Person: Field collector William George Lawrence Beynon; Field collector British Expedition to Tibet; Field collector Francis Edward Younghusband Expedition; PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903-1904
Date collected: 1903 - 1904
Acquisition information: Donated: 1941
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Pigment, Material Brass Metal, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Woven, Process Painted, Process Dyed, Process Tied, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions: Depth: max 55 mm flag rolled up, Length: max 2072 mm, Width: max 65 mm flag rolled up
Object numbers: Accession number: 1941.2.128 Other numbers: 529 B

Search terms: Insignia, Religion, Flag, Religious Object

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