NOTES ON THE ETHNOLOGY OF TIBET. 685 



In the case of the summer cloth ch'uba, the favorite color for men when 

 it is made of trul: is purple. The color of the chhiba worn by women is 

 blue, or striped throughout eastern Tibet. Ta (or Imva) is an undyed 

 woolen stuft" usually of coarser texture than the trnJ{. One ch'nha in the 

 collection (Xo. 107195)* is of fine purple tniJc trimmed with leopard skin. 

 Another is of undyed ta, made at Draya, the collar faced with striped 

 tndc (No. 107196).* In this section of country the people do not usually 

 wear sheepskin chiChas, and a gown of undyed ta is commonly worn 

 over an inner one of purple or blue trul<. The length of the cWuba 

 shown in pi. 1 is 5 feet 5 inches; this is the average length of all such 

 garments, which have no particular tit, or rather which fit any wearer. 



The sheepskin cKnha (No. 167194) *, such as is worn by the Tibetans of 

 the Kokonor, is also found in eastern Tibet. The 3ollar and cuffs are 

 faced with red cloth and otter skin, and the hem with black velvet 

 stitched with silks of different colors. This gown is a very handsome 

 one of the kind. 



Another ch'uba in the collection (Xo. 131062) * is of red trulc lined with 

 sheepskin. Such gowns are usually worn by lamas, but many laymen 

 also wear red clothes, the color being a fiavorite one in Tibet and Mon- 

 golia. 



In pi. 1 is shown a chhiha for a girl of 11*. It is nmde of striped truh, 

 in which green, red, white, and blue preponderate. It is trimmed on 

 the collar and cuff's with otter skin. 



In L'hasa and the more civilized portions of Tibet generally, cKuhas 

 of foreign broadcloth or Chinese gowns {ao-tzit and p'ao-tzti) of silk or 

 satin are frequently worn by the wealthy of both sexes. These are too 

 well known to require description. 



Kain coats made of felt and cut on a pattern similar to the ch'uha, 

 though somewhat shorter (4 feet 8 inches) on account of the stiffness of 

 the .material, are worn in the Kokonor district and in some other por- 

 tions of northeastern Tibet. The museum collection contains one of 

 these (No. 131050).* A circular cape of felt is worn instead of this in 

 the Horba country. It is especially useful on horseback, covering not 

 only the rider but the horse completely, and is large enough to enable 

 the wearer to wrap himself in it and sleep well protected without any 

 other covering. I do not believe that similar garments are worn in 

 central or western Tibet. Good tntJc is waterproof, and light chhthas 

 are often carried by travelers to use in bad weather. 



The girdles worn are usually of woven wool, from 2 to 3 inches 

 broad and 6 or 7 feet long. Tbe patterns vary in color, but little in 

 design, which is always a narrow traverse stripe. The collection con- 

 tains one of red, blue, white, brown, and yellow wool (Xo. 167291),* 

 terminating at either end in a fringe. Another girdle is of red, blue, 

 green, black, and white wool (No. 167289).* Very frequently a few yards 

 of Chinese silk or a piece of Chinese blue cotton cloth take the place 



* Not Jllnstrated in thispaper. 



