Man's Summer Cloak
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Apr 1887
name: label: Donor Name
content: Department Of Education Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: Catalog card says this is an "Elderly gentleman's summertime garment. Material is hand woven plantain fiber (natural). This style cloak was worn around Naha and Shuri castle. It dates from the 18th and early 19th century -- Beth Blake". But a group of Okinawan vistors in January 2015 said that this is an undershirt made from banana fiber.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ryukyuan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 018415
label: USNM Number
content: E128288-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloak