1984.255: Long Olive-Green "Basho" (banana fiber) Robe
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.255
- Title
- Long Olive-Green "Basho" (banana fiber) Robe
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- costume
- Date
- late 18th to early 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Okinawa Prefecture
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201115
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Vegetable-dyed banana fiber, plain weave
- Technique
- Woven
- Dimensions
- 142.24 cm (56 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Margot Warner
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.255
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 141
Verification Level
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