Fukusa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1880
name: label: Collector
content: Rear Admiral P. Crosby
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Frank P. Mitchell
notes: label: Notes
content: 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE FUKUSA. ACCORDING TO PAUL TAYLOR, CURATOR OF ASIAN ETHNOGRAPHY, DESIGN INCLUDES MANY SYMBOLS: A BAG TIED WITH ROPE, A MALLET, AN UMBRELLA, CASTANETS (?), A MUSICAL STONE, AND SCROLLS WITH CALLIGRAPHY WISHING LONG LIFE AND HAPPINESS. THREE JEWELS REPRESENTING THE BUDDHA, THE LAW, AND THE COMMUNITY ON A STAND. BASE FABRIC IS DARK BLUE SATIN WEAVE SILK. HAND EMBROIDERY IN UNSPUN SILK, 2-PLY SILK, AND METALLIC THREAD. SATIN STITCH AND COUCHING. BACK LINED WITH RED-ORANGE SILK DAMASK FABRIC WITH BIRD AND HEXAGON PATTERN. ATTACHED TO BRASS ROD AT THE TOP WITH BRASS RINGS. GOOD CONDITION, SOME LOOSE THREADS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380502
label: USNM Number
content: E430434-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wrapping cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object, W/ Out Rod
content: 73.5 cm
label: Width - Object, W/ Out Rod
content: 67 cm
label: Length - Rod
content: 70.5 cm