Man's Inner Garment Or Robe, Possibly Kosode?, And Two Silk Cords, For Mannequin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1893
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tetsuka Shimamura & Company
notes: label: Notes
content: As of 2009, T number catalogue card is missing. Tags/labels with object say: "#6. "M" (BB 5/20/60). Warrior (Samurai) garment for [kneeling] figure [without armor] from 1893 Columbian Exp. [Chicago World's Fair]. From Japanese Warrior Exb. World's Col. Exp. 1893. Apparently not cataloged. Probably from the non-armored figure in the exhibit - see photo - GP. From this figure's costume the [outer] silk jacket and pants were so far deteriorated that they were discarded, May 1960." This T number consists of man's inner garment, half length only, of golden/cream background pattern cloth, and 2 silk cords; clothing from an exhibit mannequin depicting a male Samurai. See Neg. # MNH411H (circa 1960) for a photo of mannequin with clothing on, including the clothing discarded in 1960. ET449 garment is visible under outer garment at neck of mannequin in the photo. The thicker of the two cords was once used as a tie for the outer silk jacket or garment (see photo negative # MNH411H where this is visible.) Photo Neg. # MNH411 is image of group of 6 mannequins depicting Samurai, with mannequin that had ET449 on it shown from back (the only one without armor). It appears that the mannequin group is what was catalogued as E168800, part of Accession No. 27832. Group was originally exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Number for mannequin who wore this clothing is E168800-2. Sandals ET443 are probably the sandals that were on the same mannequin as this garment.
label: Notes
content: This mannequin group can be seen on display in 1904 at the Smithsonian U.S. National Museum in a photo in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives: Photo ID 16855 or NHB-16855, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 13, https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_9707 .
label: Notes
content: Per Dr. Robert Pontsioen, 2021, mannequin group E168800 was on display on an upper level at the Japanese Bazaar on the Midway Plaisance at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and is visible in some photos of the Japanese Bazaar. For some information on the Japanese Bazaar, see https://web.archive.org/web/20210427134045/https://worldsfairchicago1893.com/2019/11/20/echoes-of-the-white-city-3/ .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027832
label: USNM Number
content: ET449-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe / Cord