Wrap-around woman's dress (kira)

CultureBhutanese

Dateca. 1920

MediumCotton with silk and gilt pattern threads

DimensionsOverall: 60 x 94 inches (152.4 x 238.76 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through exchange of the gift in memory of Charlotte Elizabeth Hall by her son Baron Hall

Object number92-28

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Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionBhutan textile
A textile composed of three segments attached along the selvedges in the warp direction. stripes of blue and green, separated by narrow rainbow stripes, decorated with geometric, vegetal, animal, and Buddhist motifs executed with supplemental wefts. In addition there are six narrow stripes decorated with yellow supplemental warps on a maroon field. of horizontal bands with geometric, vegetal, and animal motifs have been woven with supplemental wefts over the underlying stripes.

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