Ainu costume

Medium

Elm-bark fiber with appliqué of indigo-dyed tabby (atsushi)

Dimensions

L. (neck to hem) 53 1/2 in. (135.9 cm); W. (sleeve end to sleeve end) 51 1/2 in. (130.8 cm)

Classification

Costumes

Culture & Period

Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Bequest of Edward G. Kennedy and The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, 1984

Accession Number

1984.103