Obi

Museum number:
9-15648
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
434 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Lined piece, obi. Silk, paper. Plain weave, brocaded. Plain weave lining. Dark blue ground, varicolored designs, light brown lining. Dragon, cloud motives. 12 inches by 60 inches.
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:
length 61 inches and width 12 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15648, described as Lined piece, obi. Silk, paper. Plain weave, brocaded. Plain weave lining. Dark blue ground, varicolored designs, light brown lining. Dragon, cloud motives. 12 inches by 60 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15648, described as Lined piece, obi. Silk, paper. Plain weave, brocaded. Plain weave lining. Dark blue ground, varicolored designs, light brown lining. Dragon, cloud motives. 12 inches by 60 inches.

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