Headdress ornament

Description

Headdress ornament, crested skull with peacock feathers and card scrolls, for a separate headdress, part of a 'Black Hat' Cham Dance costume worn by Tibetan Buddhist monks: Tibet, 19th - early 20th century AD

Museum reference

A.1919.622.9 C

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Headdress ornament

Production information

Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia

Date

19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Peacock feather, Cardboard

Physical description

Crested skull surmounted by a fan-shaped ornament of peacock feathers

Associations

Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, South Asia

Exhibitions

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

On display

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