A Panel from a Resist Dyed Happi: Work Coat

$30.00 USD

**reduced from $38.00**
mid twentieth century
37" x 13 1/2", 94 cm x 34.25 cm

This short length of resist dyed indigo cotton is a section from a happi which is a jacket used by the employees of a business or sometimes by troupes of participants at a temple or neighborhood festival. Happi are often emblazoned with the name of a business accompanied by graphic symbols related to that.

This fragment is cut from the happi and is well-used; it shows ingrained creases and some abrasion and fading from wear.

A nicely graphic length of resist-dyed indigo cotton.

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