Part of Female Mannequin Clothing Set: Obi
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1893
name: label: Donor Name
content: Tetsuka Shimamura & Company
notes: label: Notes
content: The catalog card calls this catalog number (E168799) "Group Of Two Females, Costumed". This iindicates that this catalog number was given to a group of objects, including 2 female mannequins, their associated clothing, and a bird in a cage. It is not clear which parts were originally grouped together on each mannequin.
label: Notes
content: Black silk with embroidery in metallic thread.
label: Notes
content: A photo which appears to show the mannequin group and birdcage at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, where it was displayed at the Japanese Bazaar on the Midway Plaisance prior to being purchased by the Smithsonian, is available online. The photo title is "Japanese Bazar at 1893 World's Fair, The Columbian Exposition, Chicago", and it is from Glimpses of the World's Fair: A Selection of Gems of the White City Seen Through a Camera. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1893. The url to view the image is: http://gildedage.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/niu-gildedage%3A19975 . The mannequins and birdcage can be seem in the center display window of the building in the photo. You can find some information on the Japanese Bazaar here: 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: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027832
label: USNM Number
content: E168799-9
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Obi