Obi

Museum number:
9-15618
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
351 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Lined piece, obi; silk, flat gilt-paper strips; satin, brocaded, twill weave lining; blue ground, varicolored designs, grey lining; dragon and cloud motives; 11 in. x 49 1/2 in.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
JAPAN
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons, Obis (accessories), and Obis (sashes)
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 11 inches and length 50 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Obi, accession number 9-15618, described as Lined piece, obi; silk, flat gilt-paper strips; satin, brocaded, twill weave lining; blue ground, varicolored designs, grey lining; dragon and cloud motives; 11 in. x 49 1/2 in.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Obi, accession number 9-15618, described as Lined piece, obi; silk, flat gilt-paper strips; satin, brocaded, twill weave lining; blue ground, varicolored designs, grey lining; dragon and cloud motives; 11 in. x 49 1/2 in.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15618, described as Lined piece, obi; silk, flat gilt-paper strips; satin, brocaded, twill weave lining; blue ground, varicolored designs, grey lining; dragon and cloud motives; 11 in. x 49 1/2 in.

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