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1890-1920
GUSN-20139
Hand-painted paper umbrella; collapsible bamboo frame with bamboo handle; exterior with green and pink(?) foliate decoration; interior with pink background and white and black cranes.
umbrellas
bamboo (material)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Bamboo
Painted
Crane
UMBRELLA, ORNAMENTAL
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
45.75 (H), 11 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.3309
Title Japanese umbrella Accession Number 1998.214
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