Robe

Description

Man's robe of buff-coloured cloth woven of the inner bark of the mountain elm, ornamented with applied pieces of dark blue cotton cloth: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu

Museum reference

A.1882.22.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Robe

Production information

Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia

Style / Culture

Ainu people, Japanese

Materials

Barkcloth

Physical description

Buff-coloured cloth woven of the inner bark of the mountain elm, ornamented with applied pieces of dark blue cotton cloth

Associations

Collector and donor: Bird, Isabella, 1831 - 1904