Museum number: 1989,0422.38（コード）

Description: Man's kimono of finely striped bashofu (banana fibre). The stripes follow a sequence of 4 ends of natural coloured fibre to 2 ends of soft brown. Shortened at some stage, and a square patch of fabric (33 x 29 cm) has been attached on the inside to strengthen the 'seat' area. The shoulder only is lined.

説明：細かい縞模様の芭蕉布を使った男性の着物。縞は、天然色の芭蕉糸4本に茶色の芭蕉糸2本の繰り返し。内側に正方形の布（33×29cm）を貼り付けて「座」の部分を補強している。

Period: Taisho Era - Showa Era / Production date: 1920s

作られた時代：大正・昭和（1920年代）

Production place: Okinawa-ken, Japan　沖縄県（日本）

Material: banana fibre（芭蕉の繊維）

Technique: woven, dyed（技法：織物・染物）

Dimensions・サイズ: L 143 cm ｘ W 125 cm

Acquisition: purchased from Andrea Aranow（アンドレア・アラノから購入）

Acquisition date: 1989（購入年）

Museum number: 2011,3019.1

Title: Sabakiba hikisage tuigwa サバキバー引下トゥイグヮー (Comb teeth, ikat and little birds, ikat)

Description: Textile with Ryukyu-style ikat pattern. Dyed and woven banana fibre (bashofu).

Producer and donator's name: Taira Toshiko 平良敏子

Period: Heisei Era

Production date: 1995

Production place: Okinawa-ken, Japan

Material: banana fibre

Technique: woven, dyed, ikat

Dimensions: L 122.80 cm X W 37 cm

Exhibition history: Exhibited 2015 Apr-2016 Oct, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'

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Acquisition date: 2011

Museum number: As1960,10.465

Description: cloth made of dyed and woven banana fibre (bashofu).

Production place: Okinawa-ken, Japan

Field collector: W K Price

Material: banana fibre

Technique: woven

Dimensions: L 423 cm X W 32 cm

Museum number: As1960,10.295

Description: cloth made of banana fibre (bashofu) with ikat patterns

Period: Showa Era

Production date: 1930-1960

Production place: Made in Amami (Kagoshima-ken, Japan)

Material: banana fibre

Technique: woven, ikat

Dimensions: L 112 cm X W 35 cm

Acquisition date: 1960