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1892.56.124

Woman's headdress made of cloth. The cloth is flat and lozenge-shaped with ties at each side to attach it to the head. [JN 4/9/2001]

1892.56.124

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman's headdress made of cloth. The cloth is flat and lozenge-shaped with ties at each side to attach it to the head. [JN 4/9/2001]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Hokkaido
Cultural groups
Ainu アイヌ
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1892
Date collected
By 1892
Acquisition information
Purchased: 05/1892
Dimensions
Height 145 mm main body, Length 1535 mm total, including ties, Length 385 mm main body, Length: max 580 mm ties
Object numbers
Accession number: 1892.56.124
Research and responses

Note that objects from Chamberlain’s Ainu collection were exhibited by Tylor at meeting of AI on 10 May 1892 (JAI 22 (1893), p. 174) [Peter Rivière]

Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ritual and Ceremonial, Headdress, Headgear

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