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Bugaku dance costume (torikabuto)
Bugaku dance costume (torikabuto)

Bugaku dance costume (torikabuto)

17th or 18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk and gold brocade (kinran) with silk tassels, gilt metal fixtures, silk plain-weave lining and paper inner lining
Dimensions44.6 x 44 x 3.5 cm (17 9/16 x 17 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number31.440c
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ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1931, sold by Yamanaka and Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 2, 1931)