Catalog Number |
CAS 2006-0002-0009 | |
Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles | |
Object Name | Belt | |
Culture | Japanese | |
Global Region | East Asia | |
Country | Japan | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Okinawa Prefecture | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | Taketomi Island | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970s | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Cotton; Indigo | |
Description | Narrow indigo-dyed belt woven in a warp-faced technique with an ikat pattern of alternating four and five white rectangles on an indigo blue background; Traditionally these belts were woven by young girls for their fiancés when they became engaged; In the Okinawan dialect, the words “four and five†can be pronounced as “itunuyu†which also translates as “forever†or “eternallyâ€, and thus the pattern reflects the young girl’s sentiments. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.2, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 128.0 |