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Hearst Museum object titled Flag, accession number 9-18718, described as flag (battle flag); white silk square with red “rising sun” in center; covered with signatures in black ink; 2 corners reinforced with gold-colored paper (very worn); soiled, damaged and stained; battle flag “taken from Japanese soldier of the 18th Division in the Hukawng Valley, Burma March 1944.” According to Mary and Ralph Hays the flag would hav had two weighted corners. See 9-18717, 18719. Professor Mandelbaum served in World War II in 1943-45 in the O.S.S in the India/Burma “theater of war.” The O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services) was the predecessor to the C.I.A.

Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 9-18719, described as Sash ("thousand stitch belt"); white plainweave cotton w/red-painted "rising sun" in center flanked by black calligraphic inscription (56 rows) in sumi ink; 5 lengthwise rows of orange embroidered knots on one side, 10 on the other, all over blue-ptd. knots; empty blue-ptd, rectangle near one end; ends blank and unfinsihed. White plainweave cotton, red and black pigments; cotton embroidery. W. 32 cm by L. 132 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Stole, accession number 9-18717, described as Stole, Buddhist priest's: white cotton w/black ink calligraphic inscription at one end; bordered completely w/red silk brocade w/floral motif; 4 gold thread roundels on border and two dorji scepters, also in gold thread brocade; large hole on border on one side; two silk corner tabs. Silk brocade, gold metal thread brocade, cotton. 27 cm by 142 cm.