Obidome (obi brooch) with iris design in inlaid stone / Artist Unknown, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 2005/1.367
- Title
- Obidome (obi brooch) with iris design in inlaid stone
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- gold-toned metal with stone inlay (pietra dura)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 4 cm x 1.5 cm x 0.8 cm (1 9/16 in. x 9/16 in. x 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- Gold-toned metal with inlaid stone (pietra dura) design on face, cut-out iris on reverse,
- Subject Matter
- The iris is a German iris, not Japanese, and the worksmanship is not Japanese. This was probably a brooch imported and converted into an obidome. Obidome were very popular in the Taisho and early Showa periods.
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn at the waist or below
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- costume by form
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- jewelry
- jewelry by location
- jewelry worn on costume
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- pins (jewelry)
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2005/1.367
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