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Fireman's coat (kajibanten)
Fireman's coat (kajibanten)

Fireman's coat (kajibanten)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueLeather (deerskin), silk; paste-resist stenciling with smoke-induced color (inden or fusube-gawa), oblique interlacing (cords)
Dimensions99 x 129 cm (39 x 50 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEdwin E. Jack Fund
Accession number1996.120
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA on June 26, 1996
Fireman's Coat
late 18th - early 19th century
Cap and human hair braids
A.D. 500–800 or later
Headband
A.D. 500–1000 (?)
Skirt
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Group shot: 16.30, 16.34, 16.39
A.D. 50–100
Headband
20th century
Ornamental braid
0–A.D. 200
Head tie with pendants
about A.D. 300 (?)
Knitted and beaded drawstring bag
first half of the 19th century
Embroidered flower
late 16th–early 17th century