Obi

Museum number:
9-15656
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
359 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Lined piece, obi. Silk, flat gilt-paper strips. Plain weave, brocaded. Plain weave lining. Brown ground, gold designs, red lining. Floral motives. 12½ inches by 61½ 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:
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 12 inches and length 62 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15656, described as Lined piece, obi. Silk, flat gilt-paper strips. Plain weave, brocaded. Plain weave lining. Brown ground, gold designs, red lining. Floral motives. 12½ inches by 61½ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15656, described as Lined piece, obi. Silk, flat gilt-paper strips. Plain weave, brocaded. Plain weave lining. Brown ground, gold designs, red lining. Floral motives. 12½ inches by 61½ inches.

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