Obi

Museum number:
9-15619
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
352 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Lined piece, obi; silk, flat gilt-paper strips; plain weave, brocaded, plain weave lining; dark blue ground, varicolored designs and lining; floral, fan, cloud, fret motives. Similar to original catalog #353. 10 in. x 48 in.
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 49 inches and width 10 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15619, described as Lined piece, obi; silk, flat gilt-paper strips; plain weave, brocaded, plain weave lining; dark blue ground, varicolored designs and lining; floral, fan, cloud, fret motives. Similar to original catalog #353. 10 in. x 48 in.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15619, described as Lined piece, obi; silk, flat gilt-paper strips; plain weave, brocaded, plain weave lining; dark blue ground, varicolored designs and lining; floral, fan, cloud, fret motives. Similar to original catalog #353. 10 in. x 48 in.

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