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[Cream nagajuban (long underkimono) with wave and bird design]
[Cream nagajuban (long underkimono) with wave and bird design]
[Cream nagajuban (long underkimono) with wave and bird design]

[Cream nagajuban (long underkimono) with wave and bird design]

Date1900-1960
Mediumsilk
Dimensionscenter back: 23.75 in, L: 46.25 in
ClassificationsGeneral Collection
Credit LineGift of Barbara Kawakami
Object number2004.1.186
Description1 underkimono : silk ; 46.25 x 23.75 (center back), sleeves 20.25 x 12.5 in., collar 2 in.;Lightweight cream and pale green nagajuban (long underkimono) with wave and small bird design over a fine horizontal stripe created by missing warp threads. Birds are pale green, peach and cream outlined in black. Collar is covered with strip of white fabric. Sleeves are completely open on both sides (unusual). Front panels of kimono meet in the center, they do not overlap like traditional kimono. Center back seam is reinforced with a 0.625 in. strip of cream fabric.

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