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Embroidered panel from screen, fixed to frame. Depicts four people engaged in textile production. Woman in background wearing kimono with striped obi bow on her back is reeling threads. Man seated in centre weighing bundles of short fibres(?). Another seated man on the left engaged in something to do with threads but there is damage to this area. He is watched by a standing man who wear a haori over a kimono, tabi on his feet. In the foreground are large boxes or baskets. Black fabric ground. 728h x 535w.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn19057
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 728 mm x 535 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
silk; wood
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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