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Sweat Protector (koyori ase-hajiki)

Vest which opens at the front; fronts connected to back by two twisted strands on each side. Hexagonal mesh of plaited recycled paper; handwriting on the paper reads as irregular black spots.

Credit: Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund...

1850-60
Medium: paper Technique: 4-strand plaiting with 2-strand twists Label: Plaited paper
2009-36-2
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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