Bamboo
date: label: Date
content: mid 18th - early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In Japan, bamboo (take) is a symbol of prosperity. It is also a symbol of purity and innocence. This stencil has remnants of dye and shows that it was previously used or tested. Some of the silk threads have been damaged and worn away.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen Snyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-103-153
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Stencil
label: Type
content: Stencil
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21.4 x 35.3 cm (8 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.)