"Attus" Amip (Man's Coat)

Textiles

c. 1860

Ainu
Japan, Hokkaido Island

The fiber of this coat, seen here in its natural color, is made from the inner bark of the ohyō tree, a member of the elm family. The geometric patterns are made of indigo-dyed cotton attached with an appliquéd techinque.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Ainu
Title: "Attus" Amip (Man's Coat)
Place: Japan (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1850–1870
Medium: Elm tree bark fiber, plain weave; center back and outer edges appliquéd with cotton, plain weave; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton in laid work and couching
Dimensions: 140.3 × 132.8 cm (55 1/4 × 52 1/4 in.); Loom width of ground fabric: W.: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Robert Allerton Endowment
Reference Number: 1998.4
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Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, “Gift, Bequest, and Purchase: 1998–2003,” Oct. 22, 2004–Apr. 17, 2005.
Art Institute of Chicago, Asian Art, Gallery 108, Jan. 23, 2015-Apr. 15, 2015.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chinese, Japanese and Korean Art, Gallery 108, rotation, Nov. 9, 2017-Jan. 8, 2018
Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Asia rotation, Gallery 108, Jun. 13-Sep. 13, 2023.

Private collection, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, since 1920s [recorded on invoice from Douglas Dawson Gallery, Feb. 21, 1998]; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, by Feb. 21, 1998 [invoice #7758, object #7187, Feb. 21, 1998; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.

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