Context (Field collection)
Collected by Mrs Margaret Williamson in 1974.

Event Date 1974
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1988.480 [A-B]: Lined silk embroidered bag or satchel with papers and photographs, etc. of visit to coronation.
Event Date 17/10/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1988.480 [B]: 'Metal badge with picture of "HIS MAJESTY KING JIGME SINGYE WANHCHUCK CORONATION JUNE 1974" attached to inside of bag.'
Event Date 28/8/2001
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Analysis)
The Bhutanese flag normally includes a dragon along the diagonal - it is possible that it was omitted for simplicity, or that it has become detached.
Event Date 7/12/2023
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Bag or satchel [A] with pin badge [B] commemorating the 1974 coronation of His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wanhchuck. Rectangular bag of red, black, orange and brown stripes decorated with white and orange motifs in the floating weft; woven band of blue, orange, yellow, green, black and white sewn around the satchel with loose ends used as ties; Bhutanese flag in yellow and red felt stitched to the flap; lined with red cotton fabric with a stiff interface and interior pocket; circular pin badge with a side portrait of the king on a pink background, pinned to the inside of the flap. Originally contained photographs and documents BA3/2/9.
Event Date 7/12/2023
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
The printed Accession Register entry describes the satchel as containing 'papers and photographs etc. of visit to coronation'. These papers were noted as absent by Rachel Hand during the Shorts Inventory Project in 2001 and appear to have been transferred to the archives where they are documented as BA3/2/9.
Event Date 7/12/2023
Author: Lucie Carreau