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Wrapping Cloth (Furoshiki)
Japan, ca. 1870-1920
Indigo dyed cotton plain-weave decorated with paste-resist dyeing (tsutsugaki)
creating a noshi motif. Noshi is an ancient symbol of
good luck normally fastened to gifts
given on auspicious occasions.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.001.1194
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