Rain cape, mino

Museum number:
9-23016
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
Traditional Japanese rain cape or "mino" woven from "hirori" (?) and linden ("shina"). Smaller than traditional sizes of rain capes ("mini" mino).
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— width 26 inches, whole— height 24 inches, and whole— depth 1 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23016, described as Traditional Japanese rain cape or "mino" woven from "hirori" (?) and linden ("shina"). Smaller than traditional sizes of rain capes ("mini" mino).

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