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Wedding obi (sash)

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Plain-weave silk with silk- and gold-thread supplementary weft patterning, Meiji (1868–1912) or Taishō (1912–26) period, Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Mrs. John Steel 1980
Title: Wedding obi (sash)
Description:
Plain-weave silk with silk- and gold-thread supplementary weft patterning, Meiji (1868–1912) or Taishō (1912–26) period, Japan.

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