Object class: Clothing / Donor: Estate of Karin Nelson / Culture or time period: Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Grass skirt, accession number 9-23086, described as Koshimino grass skirt - loose fiber extending from woven panel with two tying cords either side

Hearst Museum object titled Kimono, accession number 9-23078, described as child's quilted kimono. red interior fabric, floral exterior fabric commercially printed with velvet neck line.

Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, accession number 9-23008, described as A woven rain cape made of rice straw.

Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, accession number 9-23009, described as A woven rain cape.

Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23016, described as Traditional Japanese rain cape or "mino" woven from "hirori" (?) and linden ("shina"). Smaller than traditional sizes of rain capes ("mini" mino).

Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23013, described as Traditional Japanese rain cape or "mino" woven from inner and outer bark of linden ("shina"). Found in same box as 9-23014 and 9-23015 with single tag.

Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23011, described as A woven winter rain cape made from kuba (betel palm?).

Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23000, described as A woven rain cape, or "mino".

Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23030, described as Traditional Japanese rain cape or "mino" made from unknown, dark brown plant fiber. Cape covers entire body, with wide coverage of the shoulders. It features openings on both sides from the shoulder to the midriff; a small, circular opening for neck; and a seam down the middle latched shut via round knots pushed through small loops. Entire object is two layers thick. Weave consists of tiny strands of organic material pressed into sheets woven diagonally through a framework of "warps" and "wefts," producing a contiguous, uninterrupted woven surface. The edges are closed by thin "seams," and one seam about 4" from the bottom of the cape runs the full circumference of the object. Loose, criss-crossing material pressed into sheets extrude from bottom below this seam and along the sides at the arm openings. Object accompanied by braided cord of unidentified material about 40" long. length - 42", width - 31.5", thickness - 2

Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23010a,b, described as A woven rain cape with raw sedge materials.