• Indigo tsutsugaki horse wrap (umakake) with orange sawtooth design, view 1 of 7
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Horse Wrap (Umakake)

Horse Wrap (Umakake)

A colorful horse wrap, or umakake, used for Shinto processions. Tsutsugaki resist, then indigo dyeing, and finally applied orange pigment were used to create the sawtooth design.

Meiji period, Japan
Tsutsugaki cotton, indigo, pigment
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Horse Wrap (Umakake)