Obi

Museum number:
9-15629
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
440 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Obi. Silk, cotton lining. Satin, brocaded. Grey, brown, and white. Dot, broken fret motives. 12½ inches by 80 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:
length 80 inches and width 13 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15629, described as Obi. Silk, cotton lining. Satin, brocaded. Grey, brown, and white. Dot, broken fret motives. 12½ inches by 80 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15629, described as Obi. Silk, cotton lining. Satin, brocaded. Grey, brown, and white. Dot, broken fret motives. 12½ inches by 80 inches.

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