Horse wrapping cloth, Medium: bast fiber, probably hemp Technique: resist printed/painted; colored dyes added by stencil and by hand techniques., Two long and narrow selvage -to-selvage widths sewn together at center (for approximately 36 inches) to form a long and narrow panel with four free-flying ends that measures more than 15 feet. The panel was to decorate a horse used in a ceremonial parade. The decoration on the panel is the same on both sides with the design reversing at the center., In the center, the part that wrapped around the horse's belly, there is a Japanese family crest

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Size: 2144px × 7000px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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