DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Folding Screen, Mounted Noren

NameFolding Screen, Mounted Noren

DateCirca 1860 AD

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

MediumBast fiber cloth, indigo

DimensionsOpen 61.75" X 159"W

Folded 61.75" x 26" x 4"

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.

Object numberA.1995.93.596

DescriptionSubject: Pine tree, bamboo and several turtles with 2 crossed feather mons. 6 sections are hinged together. Made of resist-dyed (tsutsugaki) bast fiber cloth, indigo.

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