Headdress pad

Description

Headdress pad of black velvet, ring-shaped, 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 B

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Headdress pad

Production information

Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia

Date

19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Textile

Physical description

Black velvet; annular

Associations

Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, South Asia

Exhibitions

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