Rain cape, summer mino

Museum number:
9-23017
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
Traditional Japanese summer rain cape or "mino" woven from "hiriro" (?) and "yamagake" (linden?). From tag: "To keep horseflies off back when working in fields/paddies.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Okayama Prefecture, San'yo region Chugoku region
Verbatim coll. place:
Oino, Okayama-ken
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Maker or artist:
Yamashita-san
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
May 1996
Materials:
Linden (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rain capes
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 26.5 inches, whole— depth 1.5 inches, and whole— width 15.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, summer mino, accession number 9-23017, described as Traditional Japanese summer rain cape or "mino" woven from "hiriro" (?) and "yamagake" (linden?). From tag: "To keep horseflies off back when working in fields/paddies.

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