Rain cape, mino

Museum number:

9-23005

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.4789

Description:

Traditional Japanese rain cape or "mino" woven from sedge ("suge") and urihad (?). Outer protective material is folded over rim at the top and braided. Tag also says "Togo jinja.

Donor:

Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson

Collection place:

Tadami, Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture

Verbatim coll. place:

Tadami-cho, Fukushima-ken

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Collector:

Dai Williams

Materials:

Sedge (cape)

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 29.5 inches, whole— depth 3 inches, and whole— height 40 inches

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