Obi
- Museum number:
- 9-21594
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090021594
- Alternate number:
- MVC-0556 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4734
- Description:
- Obi; creamy-gold colored, heavy brocade weave w/ orange, gold, black & rust flowers, carts, fans & white/black/gold cranes in a repeated pattern.
- Donor:
- Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Rachel Gould Mossman
- 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:
- June 23, 2006
- Context of use:
- woman's garment
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- width 32 centimeters and length 338.4 centimeters
- Images:
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