Woman's Belt (Obi)

Textile

Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Woman's Belt (Obi)

Entry/Object ID

2022.3.1

Description

Brocaded obi with flowers in hexagonal borders and a river motif in the background

Acquisition

Accession

2022.3

Source or Donor

Tina Ruyter

Credit Line

Gift of Tina Ruyter

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Textile Details

Technique

Plain Weave, Supplementary-weft Patterning

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Japan

Culture/Tribe

Japanese

Dimensions

Width

30.6 cm

Length

406 cm

Material

Silk, Metallic Thread

Provenance

Notes

Purchased by Tina Ruyter from street market in Tokyo in the 1980s; donated by Tina Ruyter to Tracing Patterns Foundation (TPF) in 2022; donated by TPF to U. Ciputra on February 23, 2023