Tibetan Carpet
Subject
Tsultim Lama
(Tibetan)
Date1995-2005
MediumPositive Color Film Slides
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.1129.6
DescriptionSlide photograph of a Tibetan carpet created by Tsultim Lama.
NotesBiographical Note: Tsultim Lama is a skilled designer and weaver of carpets in the traditional Tibetan hand-knotted style, able to warp a carpet loom, plan the design, select wool, hand weave and cut the rug, take it off the loom and finish the edges. Born in Nepal to Tibetan parents who fled from the Chinese occupation of Tibet, Tsultrim learned to weave traditional hand-knotted wool carpets at the Tashiling Tibetan Handicrafts Center in Pokhara, Nepal. She became the head weaver there, also creating the designs for both traditional Tibetan-style rugs and more modern carpets that were exported to Europe and the United States. She came to Boston through the 1992 lottery that resettled 1,000 Tibetans from India and Nepal in the U.S., and then moved to the growing Tibetan community in Old Saybrook, Connecticut where she still lives. She has given many demonstrations of weaving at events including the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, a women’s creativity conference at Quinnipiac College in Hamden, Connecticut, and at a Tibetan arts festival held in conjunction with the University of Connecticut’s Benton Museum. In addition to her weaving skills, Tsultim and her husband own and manage two restaurants in Connecticut. Additional materials exist in the CCHAP archive for all these artists and their communities.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Status
Not on view
