Obi

Museum number:
9-15594
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015594
Alternate number:
491 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Object count:
1
Description:
Obi square; silk, paper; plain weave, brocaded; green ground, brown, green, orange designs; floral, foliage motives; 26 1/2 in. x 26 in.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design (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 27 inches and width 26 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15594, described as Obi square; silk, paper; plain weave, brocaded; green ground, brown, green, orange designs; floral, foliage motives; 26 1/2 in. x 26 in.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15594, described as Obi square; silk, paper; plain weave, brocaded; green ground, brown, green, orange designs; floral, foliage motives; 26 1/2 in. x 26 in.

Tools