Ceremonial decoration, shinto

Museum number:
9-20996
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4653
Description:
Rope. Twisted straw, in center section, three straw tassels alternating with two white cut paper tassels. Hung in entrance and in front of shrines to ward off evil. See accession envelope for donor’s notes.
Donor:
Roderic Kenji Tierney
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ropes
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
September 1, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ceremonial decoration, shinto, accession number 9-20996, described as Rope. Twisted straw, in center section, three straw tassels alternating with two white cut paper tassels. Hung in entrance and in front of shrines to ward off evil. See accession envelope for donor’s notes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceremonial decoration, shinto, accession number 9-20996, described as Rope. Twisted straw, in center section, three straw tassels alternating with two white cut paper tassels. Hung in entrance and in front of shrines to ward off evil. See accession envelope for donor’s notes.

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