The Stein Collection
Bamboo Stick
200 BC-1200 AD (made)
200 BC-1200 AD (made)
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| Place of origin |
This piece of stripped bamboo has silk filaments wrapped around one end. It is unclear what this object would have been used for. It was recovered from an area of Central Asia we now call the Silk Road, a series of overland trade routes that crossed Asia from China to Europe. The Silk Road was also important for the exchange of ideas. While silk textiles travelled west from China, Buddhism entered China from India along this route.
These textiles were brought back from Central Asia by the explorer and archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943). The Victoria and Albert Museum has around 700 ancient and medieval textiles recovered by Stein at the beginning of the 20th century. Some are silk while others are made from the wool of a variety of animals.
These textiles were brought back from Central Asia by the explorer and archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943). The Victoria and Albert Museum has around 700 ancient and medieval textiles recovered by Stein at the beginning of the 20th century. Some are silk while others are made from the wool of a variety of animals.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Stein Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Stripped bamboo and silk filaments |
| Brief description | Length of stripped bamboo wrapped with silk filaments one end. |
| Physical description | One piece of stripped bamboo stick, broken off at both ends. Silk filaments are wrapped around one end. |
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| Credit line | Stein Textile Loan Collection. On loan from the Government of India and the Archaeological Survey of India. Copyright: Government of India |
| Object history | Object has been separated from its identifying Stein number. |
| Production | Fragment from Stein's excavations along the Chinese Silk Road. |
| Association | |
| Summary | This piece of stripped bamboo has silk filaments wrapped around one end. It is unclear what this object would have been used for. It was recovered from an area of Central Asia we now call the Silk Road, a series of overland trade routes that crossed Asia from China to Europe. The Silk Road was also important for the exchange of ideas. While silk textiles travelled west from China, Buddhism entered China from India along this route. These textiles were brought back from Central Asia by the explorer and archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943). The Victoria and Albert Museum has around 700 ancient and medieval textiles recovered by Stein at the beginning of the 20th century. Some are silk while others are made from the wool of a variety of animals. |
| Other number | Unknown - Stein number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | LOAN:STEIN.489 |
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| Record created | January 7, 2004 |
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