DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Chitarape (mat)

NameMat

Artist Unrecorded Ainu artist

CultureAinu

DateLate 19th to early 20th century

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

MediumVegetal fiber (elm, bullrush), cotton, natural dye

DimensionsOverall: 19 11/16 x 19 1/2 in. (50 x 49.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Janis and William Wetsman

Object numberA.2011.36.1

Collections

Asia

DescriptionNearly square mat with golden brown ground decorated with a large central X in alternating strips of black and red. The edge decorated with stepped terrace patterns made of strips of black, brown and red. Along sides are black zigzags. Mat sewn of fiber strips sewn together with cotton thread. The black and red colored strips wrap around the brown fiber substrate.