Rain cape, mino

Museum number:
9-23000
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
A woven rain cape, or "mino".
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Hiroshima Prefecture, San'yo region, Chugoku region
Verbatim coll. place:
Opparo, Hiroshima-ken
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
May 1996
Materials:
Rice straw
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 40 inches, whole— height 43 inches, and whole— depth 1 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23000, described as A woven rain cape, or "mino".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23000, described as A woven rain cape, or "mino".

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