Altar cover

Museum number:

9-5672

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Accession number:

Acc.374

Object count:

1

Description:

Altar cover; triangular, blue satin; cloud motif embroidered all-over in tones of blue (two different colored threads, blue and white, twisted and couched in cloud pattern); two gold imperial mon: 16 petal chrysanthemum, 5-7-5 paulownia flower; 36 in x 19.5 in

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) and Satin

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Altar cloths

Function:

4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings

Accession date:

1909

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

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