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Farmer's jacket (noragi)

Farmer's jacket (noragi)

Dateearly 20th century
Maker Japanese
Label TextMade of cotton scraps, this jacket illustrates the ways in which simple materials were reused to create functional objects. The colorful strips of decorated fabric were woven as the wefts (horizontal threads) of the jacket, creating attractive patterning.
Object number2001.576
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Order and Border, Feb. 26, 2010 - Aug. 28, 2011. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Exceptionally Ordinary: Mingei 1920-2020, Dec. 14, 2019 - Sept. 6, 2021.
Credit LineGift of the Christensen Fund
Dimensions43 1/8 x 49 13/16 in. (109.54 x 126.56 cm)
MediumCotton cloth (sakiori)
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.577
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.578
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.579
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.580
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.581
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.582
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.584
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.585
Farmer's coat
Farmer's coat
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.146
Sakiori Mingei Obi
Japanese
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2001.583
Jacket
Jacket
Japanese
Object number: 92.47.262
Commoner's firefighting jacket (hikeshibanten)
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 2001.414