Robe (mantle) worn by Buddhist priest; 13 patchwork strips and border of brown silk and gilt-paper brocaded satin; 6 insets of brown and yellow silk and gilt-paper strips brocaded on satin; red silk lining, pieced; green and orange apparently painted on completed robe; 113 x 203 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Paper (fiber product) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Robes (main garments)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #8: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (August 27, 1963–September 27, 1963) and S1985-1986 #34: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (April 14, 1986–June 13, 1986)