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[Red and cream obijime with gold lame]
[Red and cream obijime with gold lame]
[Red and cream obijime with gold lame]

[Red and cream obijime with gold lame]

Date1900-1960
Mediumsilk, cotton
DimensionsL: 49 in, Circum: 1.75 in
ClassificationsGeneral Collection
Credit LineGift of Barbara Kawakami
Object number2004.1.146
Description1 obijime : silk, cotton ; 49 x 1.75 (circumference) in.;Red and cream silk obijime (obi cord) stitched on the diagonal and stuffed with cotton. A piece of gold lamé fabric 0.75 in. wide separates the red and cream sections near ends. Two strips of cream fabric (0.5 in. wide) is sewn on red end sections which are stitched closed.

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