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Maker(s):Kusakabe Kimbei
Culture:Japanese (1841 - 1934)
Title:Umbrella Maker
Date Made:1880s
Type:Photograph
Materials:albumen print with hand coloring
Place Made:Japan
Measurements:mount: 10 1/8 in x 12 3/4 in; 25.7175 cm x 32.385 cm; sheet: 8 1/8 in x 10 5/8 in; 20.6375 cm x 26.9875 cm
Narrative Inscription:  unsigned, undated, inscribed in image at lower right: 162. UMBRELLA MAKER.
Accession Number:  SC 2011.31.1
Credit Line:Purchased with the fund in honor of Charles Chetham
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
interior, man in green robe seated on woven mat working on a paper umbrella with three finished umbrellas and one unfinished open around him, several more scattered around him

Label Text:
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Paper + People the Cunningham Center Blog.

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