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1925

  • Work on this object ended.

1994

  • We acquired this object.

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2024

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Wrapping Cloth (bojagi) (Korea)

This is a Wrapping cloth (bojagi). It is dated ca. 1900 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is silk and its technique is sewn pieced-work. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Wrapped up.

It is credited Museum purchase from Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation Fund.

  • Panel, Recycled Jamdani
  • cotton, acetate, acrylic, polyester, glass beads.
  • Gift of Christina Kim and dosa, inc..
  • 2016-6-1

Its dimensions are

H x W: 85.1 x 101.6 cm (33 1/2 x 40 in.)

Cite this object as

Wrapping Cloth (bojagi) (Korea); silk; H x W: 85.1 x 101.6 cm (33 1/2 x 40 in.); Museum purchase from Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation Fund; 1994-22-2

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