Loin Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Aug 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Province M. Henry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Eleanor R. Henry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Province M. Henry
notes: label: Notes
content: WHITE WITH 15.0 CM SQUARE OF BLUE, CROSSED BLACK STRIPES AT EACH END. JAPANESE NAME: IGAKUJUT NO MUGAKAI. COLLECTOR SAYS: "WORN BY MOST MEN OF ALL AGES, AND FOR ANY OCCASSION...HOMESPUN AND WOVEN RAMIE FIBER...NATURAL INDIGO DYE...WOVEN ON TRADITIONAL YAMI BACKSTRAP LOOM...TIED ON IN SAME MANNER AS (JAPANESE)...HAVE LONG BEEN IN GENERAL USE. THIS EXAMPLE NOT MORE THAN A FEW YEARS OLD BUT ENTIRELY TRADITIONAL IN CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN AND COLOR." SEE KANO AND SEGAWA, 1956, PP. 76-79.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Nov 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lanyu X. / Botel Tobago (Orchid Island), Taidong X., Taiwan, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yami (Tao)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 258290
label: USNM Number
content: E409825-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Loincloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 228 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm