Robe; blue satin embroidered with large multicolored and gilt paper dragons and gilt paint-wave designs; purple silk lining. Pattern is dragon roundels and breaking waves. CHECK
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), Satin, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Robes (main garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1986-1987 #32: Santa Barbara Museum of Art (May 4, 1987–August 13, 1987)