Obi

Museum number:
9-15559
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
496 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Obi fragment; silk, flat gilt paper strips; satin, brocaded; brown ground, varicolored designs; kiri flowers, leaves, phoenix motives; 30 in. x 26 in.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
JAPAN
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Materials:
Satin and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Obis (accessories), Obis (sashes), and Phoenixes
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 26 inches and length 30 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15559, described as Obi fragment; silk, flat gilt paper strips; satin, brocaded; brown ground, varicolored designs; kiri flowers, leaves, phoenix motives; 30 in. x 26 in.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15559, described as Obi fragment; silk, flat gilt paper strips; satin, brocaded; brown ground, varicolored designs; kiri flowers, leaves, phoenix motives; 30 in. x 26 in.

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