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Accession Number 1970.13.7 Title Obi Category Clothing Accessory Object Type sash Place Made Asia: Japan Culture East Asian Cultural Region East Asian Gender and Age women Materials and Techniques silk; cotton; paper; woven, jacquard; woven, plain Measurements overall: 470 x 30.5 cm Description

Obi length of pink silk fabric with large woven-in damasked medallions of two birds facing each other. One end of fabric length folded and tacked with cotton thread (white). The folded end is wrapped with a very open…

Obi length of pink silk fabric with large woven-in damasked medallions of two birds facing each other. One end of fabric length folded and tacked with cotton thread (white). The folded end is wrapped with a very open weave, white, starched fabric. Also at this end is a small gold coloured paper manufacturers label.

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