2024-03

Bhutan Textile Kishung 05 1

Bhutan Textile Kishung 05 1

Bhutan Textile Kishung 05 2

Bhutan Textile Kishung 05 3

Bhutan Textile Kishung
early 20 century

background : hand-spun cotton yarn
patterns : hand-spun wild silk yarn & yak wool yarn
natural dye


Bhutan Textile Kishung 04

Bhutan Textile Kishung 04 1

Bhutan Textile Kishung 04 2

Bhutan Textile Kishung 04 3

Bhutan Textile Kishung 04 4

Bhutan Textile Kishung
late 19 century

background : hand-spun cotton yarn
patterns : hand-spun wild silk yarn & Yal wool yarn
natural dye


Bhutan Textile Kishung 03

Bhutan Textile Kishung 03 1

Bhutan Textile Kishung 03 2

Bhutan Textile Kishung
late 19 century

background : hand-spun cotton yarn
patterns : hand-spun wild silk yarn & Yak wool Yarn
natural dye



Bhutan Textile Kishung 02

Bhutan Textile Kishung 02 1

Bhutan Textile Kishung 02 2

Bhutan Textile Kishung
late 19 century

background : hand-spun kotton yarn
patterns : hand-spun wild silk yarn & Yak woolen yarn
natural dye


Bhutan Textile Kishung 01

Bhutan Textile Kishung 01 1

Bhutan Textile Kishung 01 2

Bhutan Textile Kishung 01 3

Bhutan Textile Kishung
late 19 century

background : hand-spun cotton yarn
patterns : hand-spun wild silk & Yak woolen yarn
natural dye


***
The rare tunics called kushung, are examples of
archaic Bhutanese attire that eventually developed
into the kushuthara.
These were women’s garments which were
slipped over the head rather than wrapped around
the body.
A characteristic of the tunics unique among
Bhutanese textiles is the long warp fringe along
the lower edge of the tunic and a raised patterned border.
Most of these cloth tunics were made in a
north-central district of Bhutan called Kurto.
These tunics are occasionally worn in the Buddhist
festivals in the adjacent district of Bumthang.



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