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Textile fragment
Textile fragment

Textile fragment

Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; plain-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
DimensionsHeight x width: 23.5 x 16.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineEverett Fund
Accession number84.441
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenancePurchased at the Foreign Fair from Louis Wertheimer by the MFA on January 7, 1884
Sword cover (katana bukuro)
18th or 19th century
Length of silk
19th century
Textile fragment
18th or 19th century
Sword cover (bukuro)
18th or 19th century
Sword cover (katana bukuro)
18th or 19th century
Textile length
18th or 19th century
Buddhist textile
18th or 19th century
Buddhist hanging
18th or 19th century