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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; center: satin-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning (kinran); border: plain-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number24.89
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on February 7, 1924