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Bast robe (model)

Garment (model) made of elm bast fabric with cotton yarn woven into it in stripes. Dark blue cotton fabric is sewn and embroidered on the sleeves, collar and lower hem. Sleeves: mojiri-sode. The regional classification is disputed. Comment by Sasaki Toshikazu (1 March 2013): According to the decoration type, this is not a Sakhalin model, but a Hokkaidô Ainu model.(1.3.2013). Publ. in: Tekekarpe textile art and other Ainu handicrafts from German collections (exhibition catalogue), Shiraoi 1999, p.56, no.34)

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Cultural attribution
Ainu (アイヌ)
Object type
Bast robe (model)
Dimensions
Objektmaß: Brustbreite: 20 cm
Objektmaß: cm L: 40 cm (Mittellinie), B: 41 cm (einschl. Ärmel)
Material/Technique
Cotton, Hemp, Bast (elm)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I A 4991

Provenance and sources

when
Meiji period, before 1881
where
Japan
Hokkaidô (Ezo, Yezo) (北海道)
Sakhalin (?)
who
Ainu (アイヌ)
who
Kaiserliche Japanische Regierung 日本帝国政府 - Former Possessors
S. Matsubara - Former Possessors

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