Glove

Description

Glove of white cotton, with red cotton applique design imitating skeleton hand, one of a pair, part of a Cham Dance skeleton costume worn by Tibetan Buddhist monks: Tibet, 19th - early 20th century AD

Museum reference

A.1919.622.18 F

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Glove

Production information

Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia

Date

19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Cotton

Physical description

White cotton back with applied strips of red cotton tape, fingers tipped with pointed slips of horn

Associations

Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, South Asia

Exhibitions

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

On display

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