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Kabuki costume (uchikake)
Kabuki costume (uchikake)

Kabuki costume (uchikake)

late 19th or early 20th centuries
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave embroidered with metallic thread and appliqued with wool and cotton plain weave, plastic
DimensionsCenter back (CB length X width ): 182.9 x 134.6 cm (72 x 53 in.)
Center front: 154.9 cm (61 in.)
Credit LineGift of Heidi and Claus Colsman-Freyberger
Accession number2011.33
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1978, purchased in Tokyo by Heidi and Claus Colsman-Freyberger; 2010, year-end gift of the Colsman-Freybergers to the MFA. (Accession Date: January, 26, 2011)
Man's ensemble
Helmut Lang
Autumn/Winter 2003–2004
Conservation status: Before treatment
20th century
Group shot: 2009.4211.1-3
Oscar de la Renta
late 20th century
Wall hanging
Jessie Oonark
1972
Wall hanging
Marion Tuu'luq
about 1970
Wall hanging
Miriam Qiyuk
2004
Wall hanging
Victoria Mamnguksualuk
2002
Wall hanging
Naomi Ityi
about 2002