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1892.56.7

Woman's headgear made from fabric. Rectangular shape. [JN 4/9/2001]

1892.56.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woman's headgear made from fabric. Rectangular shape. [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
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length 350 mm, Width 280 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1892.56.7
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]

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