Central Asia, Tibet, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful Lama's dance collar comprised of tightly-woven silk threads in hues of coffee, gold, ruby, sapphire, and pale jade. The silken peripheral border displays a number of large, semicircular floral designs, while the interior area illustrates dozens of small flowers, tendril-form vines, and thin linear designs atop a gold-hued ground. The textile is slit down one corner and leads inwards to a circular collar, worn by dancers and spun around to flare each side out. A beautiful example with intricate designs! Size: 36" L x 36" W (91.4 cm x 91.4 cm).

Provenance: private Haiku, Hawaii, USA collection

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Age-commensurate surface wear, minor fraying to interior and peripheral threads, with some staining and discoloration, some minor creasing, and some fading along the interior collar, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.