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Object Number
2017.11.2.266
Display Title
Mat maker
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on photograph (verso): "Yamoto / 10-51 / Mat maker (these / are the mats, made from / rice straw, that are / the floors of all the / Japanese homes. / standard size"
Department
Photographic
Date
October 1951
Artist
Dr. George A. Butler
Culture
- Japanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
/
Miyagi
/
Matsushima
/
Yamoto
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9375 × 11.1125 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Butler
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Alan Butler
(7/21/2017)
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