Shirt

Description

Shirt of white cotton, with red cotton applique design imitating skeleton torso and arms, part of a Cham Dance skeleton costume worn by Tibetan Buddhist monks: Tibet, 19th - early 20th century AD

Museum reference

A.1919.622.18 B

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Shirt

Production information

Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia

Date

19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Cotton

Physical description

White cotton with slashed red cotton applied, the white showing underneath in the form of ribs

Associations

Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, South Asia

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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