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The collection of ethnographic dress in the
Historic Costume & Textiles Collection includes folk costume, and
traditional dress worn outside the Western fashion tradition. Complete
ensembles from various time periods and geographic cultures are
represented, displaying a vast array of embellishment techniques.
Examples include:
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Complete pre-WWII Japanese wedding kimono in three layers of
obi, obi aga, tabi, and geta
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Children's kimono for the Japanese ceremony Shichi-go-san
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Complete Macedonian and Norwegian wedding ensembles
1930s Japanese Wedding Kimono
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Fletcher
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