Blue and white kaparamip robe with grey and white striped sleeves, first half 20th century
Unknown Ainuexpand_more
Cloth: cotton; cotton appliqué and embroideryexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fund and the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation; purchase from the Thomas Murray Collectionexpand_more 2019.20.20
On View in Gallery 222expand_more
This is a robe made by the Ainu, the Indigenous people of northern Japan. Called a kaparamip, it is made entirely of trade cotton imported from central and southern Japan. Assembled in an almost patchwork manner, the sleeves are made of striped and taupe cotton, while the body is made of purple and indigo-dyed cotton. The hem and wrist openings are lined with red-dyed cotton appliqué. The overlay consists of white cotton and is embroidered with black cotton thread. All of the decoration shows a fluid, imaginative interpretation of traditional Ainu motifs.
Details
- Title
- Blue and white kaparamip robe with grey and white striped sleeves
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 2019.20.20
- Provenance
- Okamura Kichiemon (in 1993)
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murray et al. 2018, pl. 20
- Curator Approved
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