Obi Tie

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1930

  • Titles Obi Tie (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium silk and cotton
  • Dimensions 48 1/2 x 3/8 in. (123.2 x 1 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Paul and Carolynn Mohney, AFI.410.2010
  • Work Type tie
  • Classification Costume

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