1996.3.1.4.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Peacock feather ornament [1996.3.1 .4 .1] with separate reinforced textile support [1996.3.1 .4 .2] to be attached to the very top of Black Hat Dancer's hat [1996.3.1 .1].[FB 02/12/2014]

Long description

Peacock feather ornament [1996.3.1 .4 .1] with separate reinforced textile support [1996.3.1 .4 .2] to be attached to the very top of Black Hat Dancer's hat [1996.3.1 .1]. Circular fan-shaped ornament made of peacock feathers with tear-shaped yellow painted cotton textile glued at centre. At the base of the feathers there are two supporting wooden spikes painted red. These are inserted into the two holes on the gold painted nimbus on the hat [1996.3.1 .1]. The tear-shaped support is made of reinforced layers of textile painted gold and black. This is placed between the nimbus and the feather ornament to support it. [FB 02/12/2014]

Geographical reference

Tibet

Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet

Person

Field collector Schuyler Jones

PRM source Schuyler Jones

Date / Period

Date made: 1900-1995

Date collected

1995

Acquisition information

Purchased: 1995

Materials and processes

Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material String, Material Bird Feather, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Process Painted, Process Glued, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Woven

Dimensions

Length x Width: max 150 x 135 mm, Length x Width: max 420 x 350 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1996.3.1.4.1 Accession number: 1996.3.1.4.2

Research and responses

For further information see Hugh Richardson "Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year", Serindia, London 1993 (Balfour Library). See also F. Spencer Chapman Collection and David Macdonald Collection in PRM Photo Archive. [MdeA] [NM]

Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Dance, Headdress, Headgear