Man's Robe
19th century
Ainu
Asian Art
For much of their history, Ainu people wore clothing made from a woven bark-cloth called attush. As cotton became available through trade with China and southern Japan, it was added sparingly as an ornament. Robes such as this one, made entirely from cotton, were expensive and often had to be pieced together from multiple small sections of material.
- Maker/Artist
- Ainu
- Classification
- Clothing
- Formatted Medium
- Cotton and silk
- Locations
- Place made: Northern region, Japan
- Dimensions
- 55 1/8 x 51 9/16 in. (140 x 131 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 12.751
- Credit Line
- Brooklyn Museum Collection
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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