Digital Reconstruction of Female Attire in the Coffin Board Paintings from Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum

The coffin board paintings of Qinghai are invaluable visual resources for studying the history and society of the ethnic groups on the northwestern plateau. However, these paintings are gradually fading and deteriorating with time, making them in urgent need of digital preservation. The female attire depicted in the coffin board paintings of the Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum exhibits both commonalities with the attire of the Central Plains and retains distinct regional characteristics. How can we accurately extract information regarding the form, patterns, colours, and materials of the female attire depicted in the ZB-M00026 coffin board painting without touching the fragile original, and use digital technology to reconstruct it in three dimensions to support dynamic research and sustainable use? This study employs Style3D digital technology to transform elements from the paintings, such as the collar of a long robe, linked gem-patterned embroidery, and silk scarves, into interactive three-dimensional digital resources. It further reveals insights into material cultural exchanges along the Silk Road and Bon funerary rituals. The study successfully completes the digital reconstruction of the female attire depicted in the Z6 coffin board paintings, turning it into a visual resource that upgrades the two-dimensional painting into an iterative three-dimensional research platform, supporting pattern redesign and cultural product development. This achievement not only provides a new research paradigm for archaeology but also facilitates the Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum's creation of an educational, cultural, and e-commerce loop based on the "Tibetan Female Attire IP," enabling its shared dissemination and immortality in the digital space.