Obi Pad

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1930

  • Titles Obi Pad (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium silk and cardboard
  • Dimensions 56 x 1 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (142.2 x 4.4 x 14 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Paul and Carolynn Mohney, AFI.390.2010
  • Work Type obi pad
  • Classification Costume

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