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Sleeveless vest for a buddhist monk
Buddhist monk's robe, vest with lotus motifs in brocade. According to Harrer (in oral communication with the museum at the time), this garment follows the prescribed poverty because it is made from a number (7) of leftover pieces. The Tibetan (pali) name for monk is Bhikkhu, which literally means beggar. The brocade part then is presumably from old rags. \Waddell describes how this jacket is worn …
Type of item
- Object Type: cardigan
- cardigan
- Cardigan
Date
- voor 1963
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1963
Provenance
- 1963-02-06
- Aankoop
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/100840
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- ambergris
- brocade
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z