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Door; Tibetan Curtain
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.08.1003
- Description
- A typical, heavy unbleached cotton, with appliques of polyester, door curtain used by Tibetans. They can be hung on the wall or placed on a rod over the space above the door frame. Door curtains are a way that Tibetans have developed to view auspicious symbols; this one has a navy blue polyester E…
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- Title
- Door; Tibetan Curtain
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 86.5 x 178.0 cm
- Description
- A typical, heavy unbleached cotton, with appliques of polyester, door curtain used by Tibetans. They can be hung on the wall or placed on a rod over the space above the door frame. Door curtains are a way that Tibetans have developed to view auspicious symbols; this one has a navy blue polyester Eternal Knot in the centre. There are three loops of natural cotton for a rod to go through on the top, then an appliqued strip of royal blue cotton, underneath a red strip, then yellow, and finally a larger pleated navy blue pleated flounce. There is a navy blue border all around the curtain.
- Subject
- households
- Tibet
- Nepal
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- 102.08.1003
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0045
- Description
- A man's heavy silver ring with large rounded reddish orange opaque stone. Stone is hemispherical, set into wide, ornamented band of silver around its circumference. Stone appears to be pegged through the centre with a piece of silver which appears as a dot at the top of the stone. Plain, simple, fi…
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- Title
- Ring
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; stone
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 2.5 x 3.1 cm
- Description
- A man's heavy silver ring with large rounded reddish orange opaque stone. Stone is hemispherical, set into wide, ornamented band of silver around its circumference. Stone appears to be pegged through the centre with a piece of silver which appears as a dot at the top of the stone. Plain, simple, finger band is fixed to back of stone with a malleable substance which is now hard.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- accessories
- jewlery
- fashion
- travel
- souvenir
- keepsake
- collectable
- households
- Nepal
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0045
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