DepartmentTextiles-Asia
Attush robe
NameRobe
Artist
Unrecorded Ainu artist
CultureAinu
Date20th century
Place madeHidaka Mts., Hokkaido, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA
Mediumelm bark, cotton
DimensionsOverall: 53 15/16 in. (137 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.1986.539.23
DescriptionWoven, appliqued, embroidered, tailored. Woven fabric of linden bark (attushi) shaped into kimono. Indigo dyed cotton fabric is appliqued in step pattern at neck, sleeves and bottom of robe. Blue chain stitch embroidery.Ainu are an indigenous people of the Japanese islands. con't
ca 1960
