Obi

Museum number:
9-15564
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
437 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Object count:
1
Description:
Obi strip; silk; twill weave, brocaded; black ground, varicolored designs; peony, flame, cloud, medallion motives; 26 in. x 105 in. opened.
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 105 inches and width 26 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15564, described as Obi strip; silk; twill weave, brocaded; black ground, varicolored designs; peony, flame, cloud, medallion motives; 26 in. x 105 in. opened.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obi, accession number 9-15564, described as Obi strip; silk; twill weave, brocaded; black ground, varicolored designs; peony, flame, cloud, medallion motives; 26 in. x 105 in. opened.

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