Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3080/21

Textile. Long cloth is dark brown with thin multi-coloured stripes at even intervals, and wide end stripes of mauve, green, blue and yellow. Ends hold a short warp fringe. Dense embroidery covers the surface in small motifs ranging from joined triangles, X-shapes, and boxes, in a colours such as neon pink, red, blue, green and orange. The backside shows no embroidery other than long, single remnants of thread.


  • Type of Item textile
  • Culture Bhutanese
  • Material wool fibre, dye
  • Measurements height 144.0 cm, width 216.0 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Ronald Klein
  • Received from Ronald Klein

  • Made in Bhutan

  • Ownership Date before September 13, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on September 13, 2014

  • Item Classes textiles
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3080/0021