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Buddhist priest's stole (ôhi)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/Techniquesilk; 2/1 twill weave with discontinuous supplementary-weft floats bound at intervals (karaori); pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsW x L: 29.0 x 169.5 cm (11 7/16 x 66 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Bliss Knapp
Accession number50.307
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Bliss Knapp to MFA on March 9, 1950
late 18th to early 19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
latter half of 19th century
latter half of the 19th to early 20th century
late 19th to early 20th century
latter half of the 19th century
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century