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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Short Coat (Hanten)

Maker

Culture

Japanese

Title

Short Coat (Hanten)

Year

mid 1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

91.4 x 127.6 cm (36 x 50 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: Museum Works of Art Fund and Museum property, by exchange

Object Number

2018.3

Type

Costume

Exhibition History

Repair and Design Futures

Oct 05, 2018 – Jun 30, 2019

Label copy

With prominent patches and raw, stitched mends, the Japanese smoked-hide hanten (short coat) reveals in its intense, layered life of use and evident care how much its wearer(s) valued it. The embellished, elaborately pieced leather Iraqw skirt, worn by a young woman during cultural rituals, speaks to the energy invested in beginnings and the perceived power of cobbling together bits of precious material endowed with an animal’s life force. [See also 2017.88.6].

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Short Coat (Hanten), mid 1800s

Deerskin or water-buffalo hide with traces of lacquer; patched and mended

91.4 x 127.6 cm (36 x 50 1/4 inches)

Museum purchase: Museum Works of Art Fund and Museum property, by exchange 2018.3

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