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Robe

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Resist-dyed and painted (bingata) silk crepe, Japan (Okinawa Ryūkyū Islands)
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Seymour Fund Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bach by exchange 1983
Title: Robe
Description:
Resist-dyed and painted (bingata) silk crepe, Japan (Okinawa Ryūkyū Islands).

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