Towel

29-96-607

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name 奉納手拭い
Object Number 29-96-607
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Iconography Kannon
Inscription Language Japanese Language | English Language
Description

Votive hand towel (Hônô tenugui). Light blue background with white letters. Red and white zigzag. Japanese characters say it was donated by a person named Nakano from Asakusa Kuromatsu-cho. Label reads: "Miidera Temple. No. 14 of the 33 places sacred to Kwannon. Near Otsu.".

Length 55 cm
Width 35 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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