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Sword cover (katana bukuro)
Sword cover (katana bukuro)

Sword cover (katana bukuro)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; extended plain-weave variation (honeysuckle pattern)
DimensionsOverall: 89.5 x 14 x 0.5 cm (35 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.3779
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Textile
early 20th century
Sword cover (katana bukuro)
18th or 19th century
Length of embroidered silk
19th or early 20th century
Fragment of silk
early 15th century
Textile
early 20th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Nine pieces of fringe
late 18th to early 19th century
Woman's skirt
19th century
Woman's headdress
mid 19th century