Yellow-lined silk robe

Yellow-lined silk robe. Typical elegant Mongol robe of the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries. It was unearthed in 1978 and is in the collection of the Inner Mongolia Museum. The robe is made of gold brocade patterned with rosettes within rhomboid lozenges. The lining has a design of back-to-back rearing lions with human faces. The robe folds to the right in front.

GENGHIS KHAN: TREASURES OF INNER MONGOLIA was organized and circulated by the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.

Credits: Photographer: Marc Carter. Source: Collection of the Inner Mongolia Museum, Huhehaote

Caption source: Adam T. Kessler (1994) Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Adapted from pp. 163-164.

Image source: Photo CD 6315 3021 1433, Image # 007