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U05 :: Templens textilier

Object description

Templen i den tibetanska och mongoliska världen innehåller mängder av textilier som bidrar till rummens karaktär. Materialet kan vara vävt eller ibland filtat, broderat eller försett med applikationer. Altaret kan vara dekorerat med vackra dukar och hängen, pelarna klädda med mattor.

På väggar och pelare hänger målningar, thanka, försedda med brokadramar. Munkarna i sina gula eller röda vardagsdräkter sitter på kuddar eller mattor, abboten i sin tronstol. Från taket svävar cylinderformigt ordnade textilier av färgstark brokad föreställande segerbanér, en av de åtta lyckosymbolerna. På pelarna kan man också sätta upp tempelhängen av den typ som ses här.

Sven Hedin kom tidigt i sin karriär i kontakt med den nordliga, tibetanska buddhismen, för vilken han uppenbarligen hyste sympatier. Under hans sista stora expedition 1927-35 hade han flera medarbetare som fick ägna sig åt att studera och dokumentera buddhismens materiella kultur. Ett sammanhållande projekt var att skaffa ett par kopior av tempel, fullt utrusta dem och visa upp dem för den västerländska publiken. Det ledde till en omfattande insamling av buddhistiska föremål.

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Templens textilier

Titel, engelska

The Temples' Textiles

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Beskrivning - engelska

The temples in the Tibetan and Mongolian world contain lots of textiles that add to the rooms' character. The material can be woven or sometimes felted, embroidered or constructed with appliqué. The altar can be decorated with beautiful cloths and hangings, pillars clad in rugs.

On the walls and pillars hang paintings, thanka, furnished with brocade frames. The monks, in their yellow or red everyday dress, sit on cushions or mats, the abbot on his throne. From the roof, soar cylindrically arranged textiles of colourful brocade representing the victory banner, one of the eight auspicious symbols. On the pillars, a temple-hanging of the type seen here can also be mounted.

Early in his career, Sven Hedin came into contact with the northern, Tibetan Buddhism, with which he obviously sympathised. During his last large expedition of 1927-35, he had several colleagues who were able to devote themselves to studying and documenting Buddhism's material culture. A shared project was to obtain two or three copies of the temple, fully furnish them, and display them for a Western audience. This led to an extensive collection of Buddhist artefacts.

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Magasinet - U, En insamling - ett lagarbete

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