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Cloth
Chakin, a white, rectangular cloth made from loosely woven linen used to wipe the tea bowl during the Japanese tea ceremony; the cloth is broadly rectangular in shape, with underturned, hand-sewn edging on the long sides, the linen is yellowed with age.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51540
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1913-1915
Acquisition
Found in collection, 1915
Measurements
Length
(cm): 29
Width
(cm): 12
Techniques
woven
forming
Applied Art
sewn
Material
linen
Location
In store
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