Sedge Hats on a Lattice
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1830
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Kasa hats refer to various styles of traditional Japanese straw hats. Samurai helmets were often painted in black and or red. Black differentiated the low-class samurai warriors. These kasa hats are tattered on top of a lattice weave pattern. Silk threads are added to support the stencil structure.
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: 1976-103-58
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Katagami
label: Type
content: Katagami
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: 19.5 x 35.2 cm (7 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.)