Rain cloak (kappa)
date: label: Date
content: 1850–60
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cape-like raincoat made of sixteen shaped gores with a stand-up collar. At the neck are cord ties with bone clasps; both are reinforced. At the waist is a cord loop with a circular reinforcement. The cord is knotted through the front of the coat. The coat was woven with very fine dark blue warps while the recycled cotton wefts are much thicker with varied shades of blue. The lining is an indigo-dyed double ikat of hand-spun yarns with a small repeating pattern.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2009-36-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Rain cloak (kappa)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton (recycled fiber) Technique: plain weave Label: plain woven cotton warp with recycled cotton weft
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 93 × 344.2 cm (36 5/8 in. × 11 ft. 3 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: W (at neck edge, excluding collar): 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.)