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Narumi: Woman Doing Arimatsu "Shibori" Tie-Dying
(Japan and Korea )
"Shibori" cloth was made through a tie-dyeing process. It became particularly popular during the Edo period. Cloth would be tied tightly around small pebbles, creating white circular patterns. Note the small bundles the woman has already tied in preparation for dyeing. Examples of "shibori" clothes hang in the background.
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Provenance
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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
Exhibitions
| 2018-2019 | Japanese Woodblock Prints: The Art of Collaboration. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 8/17/2018 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; filled; inpainted; re-housed; surface cleaned |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 14 3/16 x W: 9 5/8 in. (36 x 24.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.583