Photographer: Claudius Kamps | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Kimono belt
An obi is a Japanese belt for a kimono. Obi originated from relatively narrow fabric belts just 8 cm wide. These developed through the fashion of the Edo period (1603-1868) into ever wider models. The most common width today is up to 30 cm, with a length of over 4 metres.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Sash (Obi)
Dimensions
Length: 434 cm
Width: 16 cm
Width: 16 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I D 53242
Provenance and sources
when
1950s
where
Japan [Land]
who
Hilde Merz - Former Possessors
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