MVC-0559 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Woman’s kimono; L=161.0 cm neck to hem; W= 128.5 cm sleeve edge to sleeve edge; ecru ground w/ blue lining; hand painted pink chrysanthemums with blue-gray leaves patterned throughout the fabric. Shaded blue to white lining.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; purchased in Eugene, OR; gift to Kathleen Vitale
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1995
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kimonos
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 garments
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 161 centimeters and width 128.5 centimeters