Textile Item Number: 3305/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Length of orange fabric with supplementary weft designs in red and green. Green geometric bands along top and bottom. Red geometric band down centre. Band designs made up of vertical lines, diamonds, star-like shapes and snowflake-like shapes. Bands trimmed with groupings of light green, dark green, red, pink, white and dark blue stripes along top and bottom edges.

Narrative

Made for Brian Zapf by the King's royal tailor when he was a teacher in Bhutan in the 1970s.

Item History

What

Name
Textile
Identification Number
3305/4
Type of Item
textile
Material
cotton fibre ?
Overall
height 23.2 cm, width 174.2 cm

Who

Culture
Bhutanese
Previous Owner
Jennifer Kramer
Received from
Jennifer Kramer (Donor)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
Bhutan

When

Creation Date
during 1975
Collection Date
during 1975
Ownership Date
before July 7, 2018
Acquisition Date
on July 7, 2018

Other

Item Classes
textiles
Condition
good
Accession Number
3305/0004